REM This is the order of dependencies of the files. mkdir "BuildLogs" cd ".\Dam Engine - Functional Design" pdflatex "DAM Engine - Functional Design.tex" bibtex "DAM Engine - Functional Design" pdflatex "DAM Engine - Functional Design.tex" pdflatex "DAM Engine - Functional Design.tex" pdflatex "DAM Engine - Functional Design.tex" > DamEngineFunctionalDesign_Log.txt xcopy DamEngineFunctionalDesign_Log.txt "..\BuildLogs" /Y xcopy *.pdf ..\ /Y cd "..\Dam Engine - Technical Design" pdflatex "DAM Engine - Technical Design.tex" bibtex "DAM Engine - Technical Design" pdflatex "DAM Engine - Technical Design.tex" pdflatex "DAM Engine - Technical Design.tex" pdflatex "DAM Engine - Technical Design.tex" > DamEngineTechnicalDesign_Log.txt xcopy DamEngineTechnicalDesign_Log.txt "..\BuildLogs" /Y xcopy *.pdf ..\ /Y cd .. python parseLogs.py