tldr/pages/common/pdftex.md

pdftex

Compile a PDF document from TeX source files. More information: https://www.tug.org/applications/pdftex/.

• Compile a PDF document:

pdftex {{source.tex}}

• Compile a PDF document, specifying an output directory:

pdftex -output-directory={{path/to/directory}} {{source.tex}}

• Compile a PDF document, exiting on each error:

pdftex -halt-on-error {{source.tex}}