ArXiv submission script

arxiv.sh

#!/bin/bash
# prepare submission tarball for arXiv.org
set -e

usage() {
    echo "Usage: $0 DEST SOURCE..."
    exit 1
}

on_exit() {
    [ -z "$tmpdir" ] || rm -fr "$tmpdir"
}

[ "$#" -gt 1 ] || usage
out="$1"
shift

basedir="$PWD"
tmpdir=`mktemp -d`
trap on_exit EXIT

cp "$@" "$tmpdir"
cd "$tmpdir"
sed -i '1 a \\\\pdfoutput=1' *.tex || true
zip -r "$basedir/$out" .