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pdftex: Compile a PDF document, specifying an output directory.

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$ pdftex -output-directory=${path-to-directory} ${source-tex}

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This command is used to run the pdftex (PDF TeX) program with certain options.

Here's the breakdown:

pdftex is the name of the program that will be executed. It is used for typesetting documents in TeX format and generating PDF output.
-output-directory=${path-to-directory} is an option for pdftex. It specifies the directory where the output PDF file will be generated. ${path-to-directory} should be replaced with the desired path to the directory on your system.
${source-tex} refers to the source TeX file that you want pdftex to process. It should be replaced with the actual filename or path to the source TeX file on your system.

When you run this command, pdftex will read the specified source TeX file and generate a PDF output file in the directory specified by -output-directory. The name of the output file will be derived from the name of the source TeX file.

Note that the curly braces ${} are used here to indicate that these parts of the command should be replaced with actual values.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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