latexmk mv logs to /tmp

Question

if I use
latexmk --output-directory=/tmp

then it moves all outputs, including pdf files to /tmp.  What I am trying is to move log, fls, fdb_latexmk etc to be moved,  but keeping aux, bbl, pdf to be in the same directory. I can write a script no doubt, but is it possible within latexmk?

phil-elkabat · Answer

Well, the latexmk-documentation is pretty clear on this:

-auxdir=FOO or -aux-directory=FOO
Sets the directory for auxiliary output files of (pdf)latex (.aux,
.log etc).  This achieves its effect bythe -aux-directory option of
(pdf)latex, which currently is only implemented on the MiKTeX ver-sion
of (pdf)latex.

Following this you should be able to move the files you don't want to
latexmk -auxdir=/tmp your_file.tex

latexmk mv logs to /tmp

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