LaTeX Makefile

Makefile

# NOTE: Change "written" to the name of your TeX file with no extension
TARGET=written

all: $(TARGET).pdf

## Generalized rule: how to build a .pdf from each .tex
LATEXPDFS=$(patsubst %.tex,%.pdf,$(wildcard *.tex))
$(LATEXPDFS): %.pdf: %.tex
	pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode $(patsubst %.pdf,%.tex,$@)

clean:
	rm *.aux *.log || true

veryclean: clean
	rm $(TARGET).pdf

view: $(TARGET).pdf
	if [ "Darwin" = "$(shell uname)" ]; then open $(TARGET).pdf ; else evince $(TARGET).pdf ; fi

submit: $(TARGET).pdf
	cp $(TARGET).pdf ../

print: $(TARGET).pdf
	lpr $(TARGET).pdf

.PHONY: all clean veryclean view print