\nofiles (LaTeX2e unofficial reference manual (November 2018))

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#### 25.1.3 `\nofiles`

Synopsis:

    \nofiles

Prevent LaTeX from writing any auxiliary files. The only output will be the `.log` and `.pdf` (or `.dvi`) files. This command must go in the preamble.

Because of the `\nofiles` command this example will not produce a `.toc` file.

    \documentclass{book}
    \nofiles
    \begin{document}
    \tableofcontents\newpage
    \chapter{...}
      ...

LaTeX will not erase any existing auxiliary files, so if you insert the `\nofiles` command after you have run the file and gotten a `.toc` then the table of contents page will continue to show the old information.

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