You can do this with TEXMFOUTPUT as info says like;^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The current directory is writable, but I still want to put all my output into a build directory. It is a policy decision, and is done in mind of read-only source media _or_ shared source media, like NFS. Currently, I have to figure out what directory I am in, append the name of the LaTeX input to that, change to the output directory, curse, and them run LaTeX. Then copy the DVI file elsewhere.However, if the current directory is not writable, the main programs
So we can close this BTS safely right now.
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