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

Issue tracker at https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/arara/-/issues