Why are my \include files ignored?

Question

I am trying to use the \include command to import chapters into Latex. For some reason, Latex is completely ignoring files in the \include command. If I replace \include with \input they are included fine, why might this be? FOr information I am using TeXnicCenter on windows. It fails for both Latex and pdflatex.

\documentclass[10pt,twoside,openright]{report} 

\begin{document}

% Ignored
\include{./integrated_linear_generator_models.tex}

% Works
\input{./integrated_linear_generator_models.tex}

\end{document}

Answer 1

The issue is the .tex extension. It is always optional and will be added automatically. However, in the case of \include is is not be allowed. The reason is that it also creates a <name>.aux file and needs the name without extension for that. Otherwise it will create <name>.tex.aux and try to read `<name>.tex.tex, which causes the error.

You should also try to avoid the ./ which might cause also some issues and isn't required as well.

So simply use:

\include{integrated_linear_generator_models}