Redirecting *.aux, *.log files, with a command in the tex file [duplicate]

Question

Is there a latex command that can be included in a file compiled with pdflatex that can direct the *.aux, *.log files resulting from the compilation process, to a specific folder ?

I have seen several posts on this question in stack-exchange however all of them have solutions which involve making changes in the latex front-end used. I repeat, I am looking for a command that we can just include in the tex file.

The reason for doing this is that I wish to collaboratively edit tex files with another person over dropbox. We may be using different editors or operating systems even. So, I want the change to be made on the tex file that accomplishes the task of redirecting of *.aux, *.log files to a specific folder.