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When I use pdflatex, I get a bunch of files: test.aux test.log test.out test.pdf test.tex test.toc The .tex file and the .pdf file have an obvious use, but what do the other files do? ...

Every time I compile a source code of LaTeX there are a lot of files produced except the .tex file and the .pdf (obviously!). I can guess that they are really useful to some people and obviously to ...

My projectfolder consist of several 'real' files and is full of files I don't know. There are some cleaning procedures which deletes specified endings after a run but I am not sure which filetypes I ...

When i compile a file, with .tex file other ones are produced. I know that log files contains warnings and errors (and more things i do not know), also that .bibl files are related with some ...

When building a LaTeX file (with Texstudio, if that's important) in addition to the .tex and .pdf files, there are also .aux, .log, and .synctex.gz created. What do these extra files do?

Possible Duplicate: File extensions of LaTeX-related files Egad! What are all those files? What are files that LaTeX creates when calling one of it’s programs (including biber, xindy etc.)? What ...

So when i press control+option+b, there will appear so many weird files. And my question is that what are the functions of these files? Should i delete these files?

I use Git as the version control manager for my TeX projects. I use the .gitignore file to indicate to Git which files not to track. I have annotated the entries of my .gitignore file so as to ...

I’ve compiled a list of LaTeX-related temporary/intermediate file types, with the help of some AI. Could you please suggest any improvements or point out any missing files? Thanks in advance! .acr ...

If I create just a basic hello.tex file an compile it using pdflatex hello.tex The pdflatex program is creating a plethora of file which is a little annoying. Currently it writes all those files ...

Is there a way to make TeX delete files? In my document a lot of auxiliary files are created and it would be wonderful to have them removed after their content has been used.

I'm using MiKTeX 2.9 and TeXniCenter for writing my thesis. I have a lot of packages and everything was going well, until last night that a blank page with ".0" written in the top left corner kept ...

This is not about glossary package. :-) I was wondering whether there is a list of common terms you come across as a not-so-advanced user, defined already. Currently what we have are many books ...

As the title states, compiling with latex produces the error, right away: Ouch---my internal constants have been clobbered!---case 14 I have no idea what this means... I use TexLive 2012. I updated ...

(My personal interest in this question is mainly for OS X but solutions/approaches for other operating systems are also appreciated.) What I see as a main distraction with using TeX/LateX is that it ...