arara (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
arara – a TeX automation tool based on rules and directives.
SYNOPSIS
arara [options] documents…
DESCRIPTION
arara is a TeX automation tool based on rules and directives. It gives you a way to enhance your TeX experience. The tool is an effort to provide a concise way to automate the daily TeX workflow for users and also package writers. Users might write their own rules when the provided ones do not suffice.
arara takes a list of documents as input. They will be processed according to their directives. Options apply to the execution of all documents.
OPTIONS
–log- Generate a log output.
–verbose- Print or suppress command output.
–dry-run- Go through all the motions of running a command but with no actual calls.
–safe-run- Run in safe mode and disable potentially harmful features.
–header- Extract directives only in the file header.
–preamble- Set the file preamble as named based on the configuration file.
–timeout- Sets an execution timeout for spawned processes.
–language- Set the localization to the language specified by code.
–max-loops- Set the number > 0 of loops for looping directives.
–working-directory- Set the working directory for the whole execution.
–call-property- Pass a property as key=value parameter into the application to be used within the session.
–version- Show the version and exit.
–help- Show a help message and exit.
BUGS
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