*.aux file not generated

Question

I am using \documentclass[margin]{res}. On running latex/xelatex, *.aux file is not generated. Because of this the references in the document are not being cited. I am using biblatex for citations.

What might be wrong?

Answer 1

By default (or design), the res documentclass does not create an auxiliary file since it executes

\nofiles         % resume's don't need .aux files

around line 200. Modify your main file to resemble:

\let\nofiles\relax % Void the \nofiles command
\documentclass[margin]{res}% Resume documentclass (http://ctan.org/pkg/res)
...

Alternatively, although not preferred, you will have to comment out this line in order for the document to generate .aux files.