In order to make my major folder containing my master .tex file more clean, I have set Texworks to store all auiliary files in a subfolder called auxfiles. This was done by adding the following command line -aux-directory=./auxfiles into the Arguments list for the pdfLaTex processing tool in TexWorks (detailed explanation given in: How can I put .aux files in separate folder using a command inside TexWorks?). However, after having done this BibTEx is no longer able to find the auxiliary files it needs. How do I make BibTex find the auxiliary files it needs, and in addition put its output into the auxfiles directory?
[Tex/LaTex] How to Bibtex find the auxiliary files it needs when these are stored in a subdirectory
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Related Solutions
There are several tools which can can help you.
arara
The cool tool arara provides several rules to specify all compilation steps from inside the document.
For example you want to compile with pdflatex+bibtex+pdflatex you need the following lines in the preamble of the main document:
% arara: pdflatex
% arara: bibtex
% arara: pdflatex
After this specifications you can compile your document with
arara myfile.tex
Options to the rules can be given too.
% arara: pdflatex: { options: { -aux-directory=auxdir } }
% arara: bibtex: { files: [auxdir/filename1, auxdir/filename2] }
TrY
Another but equal method is the tool TrY. It works only for Unix systems and instead of rules you can type complete small scripts.
The adapted example from above with TrY is:
%$ pdflatex myfile.tex
%$ bibtex myfile.aux
%$ pdflatex myfile.tex
and the compilation step is:
try myfile.tex
In the below screenshot you can see how I configured Texworks to put aux files into the directory "test". The command to add is -aux-directory=.\test or any other directory. You have to create the directory manually, I think.
Best Answer
You can modify the action of the BibTeX engine in the preferences of TeXworks, so that the argument line is
instead of simply
$basename.However, I suggest you to duplicate the engines: one normal BibTeX and another one, say BibTeX-AUX, that is modified in this way. Thus you'll be able to use both approaches.