build-latex.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$1" = "--help" ] ; then
  echo "
    SYNOPSIS
    build-latex.sh ARG1 ARG2 ARG3 [ARG4]

    DESCRIPTION
    This script allows you (and Travis) to build a generic PDF using pdflatex based on the arguments specified.

    ARGUMENTS
    ARG1) Input folder: Folder that contains all files used to build the LaTeX document
    ARG2) LaTeX document name
    ARG3) PDF output folder: Folder in which the PDF will be stored if LaTeX compilation is successfull
    ARG4) Output PDF name (**optional**). If not set, PDF name is named as the source LaTeX document name.

    EXAMPLES
    build-latex.sh LaTex/documenti/Glossario Glossario.tex _travis-build -> PDF: ./_travis-build/Glossario.pdf
    build-latex.sh LaTex/documenti/Glossario Glossario.tex _travis-build \"G O\" -> PDF: ./_travis-build/G O.pdf"
  exit 0
fi

# e => exits script as soon as one command returns a non-zero exit code
# v => print script line before executing it
set -ev

# import common functions
source common.config

# store current path + args rename
parent=$(pwd)
input_path=$1
document_name=$2
doc_name_no_ext=$(getFileNameWithoutExtension "$2")
build_output_directory="$parent"/"$3"/"$doc_name_no_ext"
pdf_name=$4

# entering the folder with LaTeX document
cd "$input_path"

# build latex http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3863630/latex-tableofcontents-command-always-shows-blank-contents-on-first-build
latexmk -halt-on-error -outdir="$build_output_directory" -pdf "$document_name"

# rename output if last argument exists
if [ "$#" -eq 4 ] ; then
    doc_name_no_ext="${document_name%%.*}"
	if [ "$doc_name_no_ext.pdf" = "$pdf_name.pdf" ] ; then
		echo "File with corrected name existing..."
	else
		mv -u "$build_output_directory"/"$doc_name_no_ext.pdf" "$build_output_directory"/"$pdf_name.pdf"
	fi
fi