My article paper.tex compiles fine, but myBib.bib doesn't.
$ pdflatex paper.tex
$ bibtex myBib
I couldn't open file name `myBib.aux'
I happen to be using TeXShop, but the command line is unambiguous.
Thanks in advance.
[Tex/LaTex] BiBTeX: I couldn’t open file name ‘theBib.aux’
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Related Solutions
Google is your friend. I found these answers:
If you are using a ´build´ subfolder for your output files, the generated aux file will be placed there. A simple way to solve this problem is to edit the configuration of Texmaker.
bibtex build\%
This should do the trick. Try to run Bibtex, this should work fine. If you want to use your own defined sequence of executing (PDFLatex BibTex PDFLatex PDFLatex) you need to update that one as well, since this is still stuck with the old bibtex command (without the build\ addition). See the screenshot below for the implementation in the texmaker configuration screen:
Best Answer
In addition to Ian Thompson's comment, if you are using TeXShop then you don't even have to bother with the command line, as TeXShop provides you with a graphical interface. Just switch to BibTeX in the pop-up menu after a first LaTeX compilation, then press typeset (this is equivalent to calling
bibtex paperin the command line) exactly as for a LaTeX compilation, then switch back to LaTeX and press Typeset (equivalent to command linepdflatex paper.tex; two compilations are needed).