latexbuild.sh

#!/bin/bash
## latexbuild.sh: a simple wrapper around latexmk and various LaTeX-related tools
## automated shadow build of LaTeX files, making working directory clean
## Depends on: latexmk, xetex, synctex, coreutils, bash
## Usage: latexbuild.sh <filename>

FILENAME=$1
BASENAME=$(basename ${FILENAME}|cut -d. -f1)

if [ -d ./build ]
then
  cd build
else
  mkdir build
  if [ $? -eq 0 ]
  then
    cd build
  else
    echo "Error creating shadow build directory, exiting."
    cd ..
    exit -2
  fi
fi

latexmk -xelatex -verbose -file-line-error -synctex=0 -interaction=nonstopmode ../${FILENAME}  

if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
  echo "Error occurred, see build/${BASENAME}.log for details" 
  cd .. 
  exit -1
fi

mv ${BASENAME}.pdf ..

if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
  echo "Error moving output PDF to working directory, PDF can still be retrieved in build/ directory."
  cd ..
  exit -3
fi

cd ..
exit 0