Others ⇒ PdfLatex Command Line Arguments to Change Output File Path

[SiemensGeek]

I have written a function in Python that generates a report in a .tex file. I want to pass this path and file to PdfLatex to generate a .pdf file and then display this file. I have a working version using the following code:
subprocess.call(['C:\\texlive\\2014\\bin\\win32\\pdflatex.exe', 'C:\\Users\\KEY0000G\\Documents\\TeXfiles\\TEST.tex'])
to generate the pdf file, the problem is it creates the pdf file in the default directory. I have tried passing the output path and file name as a second command line argument but PdfLatex ignores it. I tried placing -o in front of the output file path and also -output-directory but it makes no difference, pdf file the .log file and .aux file show up in the default directory. To display the pdf file I am using :
subprocess.call(['C:\\Program Files\\Tracker Software\\PDF Viewer\\PDFXCview.exe', 'C:\\Users\\KEY0000G\\Documents\\Python Scripts\\Vectrix\\TEST.pdf']), which is the default directory. I have searched the internet, that's where -o and -output-file came from).

[Johannes_B]

pdflatex -output-directory C:/Users/KEY0000G/Documents/TeXfiles TEST.tex

[SiemensGeek]

Close enough! The command that finally worked is:

subprocess.call(['C:\\texlive\\2014\\bin\\win32\\pdflatex.exe', '-output-directory', 'C:/Users/KEY0000G/Documents/TeXfiles', 'C:\\Users\\KEY0000G\\Documents\\TeXfiles\\TEST.tex'])

Thank you very much.

[Johannes_B]

The important thing to note here is that LaTeX, even on a windows system, uses the forward slash to denote directories. The backslash is the excape character for control sequences.

Btw, forward slashes should work for all other windows things just as well.