[Tex/LaTex] %!TEX root = to parent directory

compilingpaths

Currently, I am writing a large report. In my previous ones, I always had the chapters and the main file (thesis.tex) in the same directory as the individual chapters. This time, however, I created a subfolder called "chapters" and put the chapter .tex files in there. But obviously, the command

%!TEX root = thesis.tex"`

which I previously put at the beginning of each chapter.tex, does not work anymore. Since I work on the report from different locations, I can not define an absolute path but need to define a relative one. I tried %!TEX root = ../thesis.tex and /%!TEX root = thesis.tex, both of which do not work.

I found threads and solutions for \input and other commands, none of which solve by problem, though. If anyone was able to shed some light here, I'd be very thankful!

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Try %!TEX root = ../thesis.tex

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I got it working with import package and linux terminal command sed that creates inputFileDis.tex with the text between \begin{document} and \end{document} from inputFile.tex:

sed -n -e '0,/^\\begin{document}$/d' -e '/^\\end{document}/,$d' -e p test/inputFile.tex > test/inputFileDis.tex

which I need to run every time before I compile main.tex.

Then main.tex

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{import}
\begin{document}
1.Hello World
\subimport{test/}{inputFileDis.tex}
\end{document}

test/inputFile.tex

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\begin{document}
2.Hello World\\
\input{inputFile2.tex}
\end{document}

test/inputFileDis.tex

2.Hello World\\
\input{inputFile2.tex}

test/inputFile2.tex

3.Hello World

Does anyone have better solution in mind?

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