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How to give arguments to a tex file during compilation?

I have a file called main.tex, which looks like this: \begin{document} \input{a.tex} \end{document} I want to know if it is possible to have it take this file a.tex in argument, such that I could ...
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Is there any way to build a LaTeX document from a parent directory?

I've written a makefile for my current project which produces all deliverables (executable, written in C, and report, written in LaTeX). I have a directory structure whereby the Makefile and outputs ...
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Is there a makefile system for LaTeX, etc? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Tools for automating document compilation How do I handle building complicated and large LaTeX projects? Is there a makefile system (like GNU Make) or should I just ...
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Tools for automating document compilation

A lot of people write makefiles that say something like paper.pdf: paper.tex pdflatex paper bibtex paper pdflatex paper pdflatex paper To handle re-running TeX to ...