--output-directory command line option is ignored

[raphinesse]

ppdflatex --output-directory=build document.tex should put all compiled files in a directory called build. At least that works with MiKTeX. Might be an extension (I don't know), but it's crucial to me.

[dbankmann]

Same here under Linux. It' crucial to me too since my source folder is non-writeable and thus I'm getting some segmentation fault.

[stefanhepp]

I did a quick test and it seems to work for me - the output directory has to exist before though.

The --output-directory option is passed directly to the latex command. I am using Tex Live from Debian/Ubuntu, it might be a LaTeX distribution specific parameter.