LaTeX Makefile

The makefile script below compiles n number of .tex files to n number of .pdfs in the directory it's in and can include m number of .bib bibliography files.

SOURCES=$(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)*.tex)
BIBS=$(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)*.bib)
OUTPUT=$(patsubst %.tex, %.pdf, $(SOURCES))

.PHONY: all
all: $(OUTPUT) 

%.pdf: %.tex $(BIBS)
 pdflatex $(patsubst %.tex, %, $<)
ifneq ($(BIBS),)
 bibtex $(patsubst %.tex, %, $<)
 pdflatex $(patsubst %.tex, %, $<)
endif
 pdflatex $(patsubst %.tex, %, $<)

.PHONY: clean
clean:
 -rm -f *.pdf *.log *.out *.aux *.dvi *.blg *.bbl

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