arara(1) General Commands Manual arara(1)
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.
--whole-file
Extract directives in the file, not only in the 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.
--properties-file
Pass a properties file to the application to be used within the
session.
--generate-completion
Generate a completion script for arara.
--version
Show the version and exit.
--help Show a help message and exit.
BUGS
Issue tracker at <https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/arara/-/issues>.
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