putting (aux log out toc bbl bib blg) files in another directory with latexmk

Question

Is it possible to put (aux log out toc bbl bib blg) files in another directory with latexmk?

Answer 1

auxdir is the directory for all auxiliary files but not the PDF file.

latexmk -auxdir=/tmp test.tex should work. You can extend this to autocompile with latexmk -auxdir=/tmp -pdf -pvc test.tex

The manual man latexmk / texdoc latexmk explains more about the auxdir parameter:

-auxdir=FOO or -aux-directory=FOO

          Sets the directory for  auxiliary  output  files  of  (pdf)latex
          (.aux,  .log  etc).  This achieves its effect by the -aux-direc‐
          tory option of (pdf)latex, which currently is  only  implemented
          on the MiKTeX version of (pdf)latex.

          See   also   the   -outdir/-output-directory  options,  and  the
          $aux_dir,  $out_dir,  and  $search_path_separator  configuration
          variables  of  latexmk.  In particular, see the documentation of
          $out_dir for some complications  on  what  directory  names  are
          suitable.

The auxdir parameter was introduced in version 4.39.

Answer 2

I suppose that latexmk also can handle the option output-directory=...