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I am using the moderncv class to prepare my resume for applying to jobs in the US (where the standard paper size is letter), and in UK (where the standard paper size is A4).



Here is a MWE file called main.tex. 



% some preamble stuff before `documentclass` line

% blah blah (preamble)

% more blah blah (preamble)



documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}  % <----- paper size is set here.



% a lot more preamble lines after `documentclass` line

moderncvstyle{classic}

usepackage{graphicx}



firstname{John}

familyname{Doe}



address{83 Fancy Avenue}{Noweheresville}{Gotham City 24061} 

phone[mobile]{123 456 7890}

email{someone@xyz.com}

photo[64pt][0.5pt]{example-image-a}





begin{document}

   makecvtitle

end{document}


As shown in the MWE, some of my custom preamble precedes the documentclass line, whilst some others comes after it.



I am using latexmk to compile the document with lualatex. How can I maintain just a single tex source and automatically build two different versions of the PDF document each appropriately named Resume_A4paper.pdf and Resume_letterpaper.pdf? I am happy to use any directlua magic and/or external tools to facilitate this.



Rationale



With the present content, I have manually checked that the page layout is okay for both A4/letter sizes. I just want to automate this process for future minor tweaks (modifying one or two bullet points in the whole CV to tailor to each job description). It would be tedious to manually produce 2 different versions for each type of job/industry I am applying for.






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  • In my view a CV should be carefully checked for layout changes, so automatically changing paper size is quite a huge step to take. But why don't you simply set up a one-line file, read its content before documentclass and then pass it as option?

    – TeXnician
    Feb 18 at 15:01











  • @TeXnician I have manually checked the layout with the present content, and the page layout is okay for both A4/letter sizes. I just want to automate this process for any minor tweaks (modifying one or two bullet points in the whole CV to tailor to each job description). Sorry, but I do not understand your suggestion in the 2nd half of your comment.

    – Krishna
    Feb 18 at 15:04













  • Why don't put your personal data in another file to input and create two main files with paper size in name and compile both?

    – Sigur
    Feb 18 at 15:11











  • @Sigur Ok. Can latexmk be used here? Also, is this amenable to the suitable automatic naming of the output PDFs?

    – Krishna
    Feb 18 at 15:13






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    You say that the content fits on both A4 and letterpaper. If it looks reasonable on both then I don't see any need to produce two different PDF files.

    – Peter Wilson
    Feb 18 at 18:45
















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I am using the moderncv class to prepare my resume for applying to jobs in the US (where the standard paper size is letter), and in UK (where the standard paper size is A4).



Here is a MWE file called main.tex. 



% some preamble stuff before `documentclass` line

% blah blah (preamble)

% more blah blah (preamble)



documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}  % <----- paper size is set here.



% a lot more preamble lines after `documentclass` line

moderncvstyle{classic}

usepackage{graphicx}



firstname{John}

familyname{Doe}



address{83 Fancy Avenue}{Noweheresville}{Gotham City 24061} 

phone[mobile]{123 456 7890}

email{someone@xyz.com}

photo[64pt][0.5pt]{example-image-a}





begin{document}

   makecvtitle

end{document}


As shown in the MWE, some of my custom preamble precedes the documentclass line, whilst some others comes after it.



I am using latexmk to compile the document with lualatex. How can I maintain just a single tex source and automatically build two different versions of the PDF document each appropriately named Resume_A4paper.pdf and Resume_letterpaper.pdf? I am happy to use any directlua magic and/or external tools to facilitate this.



Rationale



With the present content, I have manually checked that the page layout is okay for both A4/letter sizes. I just want to automate this process for future minor tweaks (modifying one or two bullet points in the whole CV to tailor to each job description). It would be tedious to manually produce 2 different versions for each type of job/industry I am applying for.






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  • In my view a CV should be carefully checked for layout changes, so automatically changing paper size is quite a huge step to take. But why don't you simply set up a one-line file, read its content before documentclass and then pass it as option?

    – TeXnician
    Feb 18 at 15:01











  • @TeXnician I have manually checked the layout with the present content, and the page layout is okay for both A4/letter sizes. I just want to automate this process for any minor tweaks (modifying one or two bullet points in the whole CV to tailor to each job description). Sorry, but I do not understand your suggestion in the 2nd half of your comment.

    – Krishna
    Feb 18 at 15:04













  • Why don't put your personal data in another file to input and create two main files with paper size in name and compile both?

    – Sigur
    Feb 18 at 15:11











  • @Sigur Ok. Can latexmk be used here? Also, is this amenable to the suitable automatic naming of the output PDFs?

    – Krishna
    Feb 18 at 15:13






  • 1





    You say that the content fits on both A4 and letterpaper. If it looks reasonable on both then I don't see any need to produce two different PDF files.

    – Peter Wilson
    Feb 18 at 18:45














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I am using the moderncv class to prepare my resume for applying to jobs in the US (where the standard paper size is letter), and in UK (where the standard paper size is A4).



Here is a MWE file called main.tex. 



% some preamble stuff before `documentclass` line

% blah blah (preamble)

% more blah blah (preamble)



documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}  % <----- paper size is set here.



% a lot more preamble lines after `documentclass` line

moderncvstyle{classic}

usepackage{graphicx}



firstname{John}

familyname{Doe}



address{83 Fancy Avenue}{Noweheresville}{Gotham City 24061} 

phone[mobile]{123 456 7890}

email{someone@xyz.com}

photo[64pt][0.5pt]{example-image-a}





begin{document}

   makecvtitle

end{document}


As shown in the MWE, some of my custom preamble precedes the documentclass line, whilst some others comes after it.



I am using latexmk to compile the document with lualatex. How can I maintain just a single tex source and automatically build two different versions of the PDF document each appropriately named Resume_A4paper.pdf and Resume_letterpaper.pdf? I am happy to use any directlua magic and/or external tools to facilitate this.



Rationale



With the present content, I have manually checked that the page layout is okay for both A4/letter sizes. I just want to automate this process for future minor tweaks (modifying one or two bullet points in the whole CV to tailor to each job description). It would be tedious to manually produce 2 different versions for each type of job/industry I am applying for.






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share|improve this question
















I am using the moderncv class to prepare my resume for applying to jobs in the US (where the standard paper size is letter), and in UK (where the standard paper size is A4).



Here is a MWE file called main.tex. 



% some preamble stuff before `documentclass` line

% blah blah (preamble)

% more blah blah (preamble)



documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}  % <----- paper size is set here.



% a lot more preamble lines after `documentclass` line

moderncvstyle{classic}

usepackage{graphicx}



firstname{John}

familyname{Doe}



address{83 Fancy Avenue}{Noweheresville}{Gotham City 24061} 

phone[mobile]{123 456 7890}

email{someone@xyz.com}

photo[64pt][0.5pt]{example-image-a}





begin{document}

   makecvtitle

end{document}


As shown in the MWE, some of my custom preamble precedes the documentclass line, whilst some others comes after it.



I am using latexmk to compile the document with lualatex. How can I maintain just a single tex source and automatically build two different versions of the PDF document each appropriately named Resume_A4paper.pdf and Resume_letterpaper.pdf? I am happy to use any directlua magic and/or external tools to facilitate this.



Rationale



With the present content, I have manually checked that the page layout is okay for both A4/letter sizes. I just want to automate this process for future minor tweaks (modifying one or two bullet points in the whole CV to tailor to each job description). It would be tedious to manually produce 2 different versions for each type of job/industry I am applying for.






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  • In my view a CV should be carefully checked for layout changes, so automatically changing paper size is quite a huge step to take. But why don't you simply set up a one-line file, read its content before documentclass and then pass it as option?

    – TeXnician
    Feb 18 at 15:01











  • @TeXnician I have manually checked the layout with the present content, and the page layout is okay for both A4/letter sizes. I just want to automate this process for any minor tweaks (modifying one or two bullet points in the whole CV to tailor to each job description). Sorry, but I do not understand your suggestion in the 2nd half of your comment.

    – Krishna
    Feb 18 at 15:04













  • Why don't put your personal data in another file to input and create two main files with paper size in name and compile both?

    – Sigur
    Feb 18 at 15:11











  • @Sigur Ok. Can latexmk be used here? Also, is this amenable to the suitable automatic naming of the output PDFs?

    – Krishna
    Feb 18 at 15:13






  • 1





    You say that the content fits on both A4 and letterpaper. If it looks reasonable on both then I don't see any need to produce two different PDF files.

    – Peter Wilson
    Feb 18 at 18:45



















  • In my view a CV should be carefully checked for layout changes, so automatically changing paper size is quite a huge step to take. But why don't you simply set up a one-line file, read its content before documentclass and then pass it as option?

    – TeXnician
    Feb 18 at 15:01











  • @TeXnician I have manually checked the layout with the present content, and the page layout is okay for both A4/letter sizes. I just want to automate this process for any minor tweaks (modifying one or two bullet points in the whole CV to tailor to each job description). Sorry, but I do not understand your suggestion in the 2nd half of your comment.

    – Krishna
    Feb 18 at 15:04













  • Why don't put your personal data in another file to input and create two main files with paper size in name and compile both?

    – Sigur
    Feb 18 at 15:11











  • @Sigur Ok. Can latexmk be used here? Also, is this amenable to the suitable automatic naming of the output PDFs?

    – Krishna
    Feb 18 at 15:13






  • 1





    You say that the content fits on both A4 and letterpaper. If it looks reasonable on both then I don't see any need to produce two different PDF files.

    – Peter Wilson
    Feb 18 at 18:45

















In my view a CV should be carefully checked for layout changes, so automatically changing paper size is quite a huge step to take. But why don't you simply set up a one-line file, read its content before documentclass and then pass it as option?

– TeXnician
Feb 18 at 15:01





In my view a CV should be carefully checked for layout changes, so automatically changing paper size is quite a huge step to take. But why don't you simply set up a one-line file, read its content before documentclass and then pass it as option?

– TeXnician
Feb 18 at 15:01













@TeXnician I have manually checked the layout with the present content, and the page layout is okay for both A4/letter sizes. I just want to automate this process for any minor tweaks (modifying one or two bullet points in the whole CV to tailor to each job description). Sorry, but I do not understand your suggestion in the 2nd half of your comment.

– Krishna
Feb 18 at 15:04







@TeXnician I have manually checked the layout with the present content, and the page layout is okay for both A4/letter sizes. I just want to automate this process for any minor tweaks (modifying one or two bullet points in the whole CV to tailor to each job description). Sorry, but I do not understand your suggestion in the 2nd half of your comment.

– Krishna
Feb 18 at 15:04















Why don't put your personal data in another file to input and create two main files with paper size in name and compile both?

– Sigur
Feb 18 at 15:11





Why don't put your personal data in another file to input and create two main files with paper size in name and compile both?

– Sigur
Feb 18 at 15:11













@Sigur Ok. Can latexmk be used here? Also, is this amenable to the suitable automatic naming of the output PDFs?

– Krishna
Feb 18 at 15:13





@Sigur Ok. Can latexmk be used here? Also, is this amenable to the suitable automatic naming of the output PDFs?

– Krishna
Feb 18 at 15:13




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You say that the content fits on both A4 and letterpaper. If it looks reasonable on both then I don't see any need to produce two different PDF files.

– Peter Wilson
Feb 18 at 18:45





You say that the content fits on both A4 and letterpaper. If it looks reasonable on both then I don't see any need to produce two different PDF files.

– Peter Wilson
Feb 18 at 18:45










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When on my system I save the following example as test.tex and on the shell (via chdir or cd or whatever) change the active directory to the directory where test.tex is stored, and then compile test.tex by calling latexmk from the shell/command-line via 



latexmk -cd -gg -pdflatex="lualatex --shell-escape %O %S" -pdf -dvi- -ps- test.tex


(maybe on your platform you need --enable-write18 instead of --shell-escape)



, then during the first lualatex-run initiated by latexmk, where aux-files don't exist in the beginning, another latexmk-run is initiated where the -jobname-option is used for attaching the phrase -letterpaper to the current expansion of jobname.



In any case it is checked whether the expansion of the jobname-primitive contains the phrase -letterpaper.



If so, the option "letterpaper" is passed to the documentclass.



If not so, the option "a4paper" is passed to the documentclass.



As a result you have one latexmk-run on test.tex which exactly once initiates another latexmk-run on test.tex with -jobname="test-letterpaper".



In the end you get test.pdf which is a4paper and test-letterpaper.pdf which is letterpaper.



If you wish, you can provide the -jobname-option on the shell/command-line also and e.g., do 



latexmk -cd -gg -jobname="test-a4paper" -pdflatex="lualatex --shell-escape %O %S" -pdf -dvi- -ps- test.tex


(maybe on your platform you need --enable-write18 instead of --shell-escape)



in order to get test-a4paper.pdf and test-letterpaper.pdf.



makeatletter

RequirePackage{shellesc}% more recent releases of LuaTeX don't provide

                         % write18 any more. This package makes sure

                         % under such LuaTeX write18 is emulated by

                         % calls to directlua.

newcommandCheckWhetherNull[1]{%

  ifrelaxdetokenize{#1}relax

  expandafter@firstoftwoelseexpandafter@secondoftwofi

}%

newcommandletterpaperphrase{-letterpaper}@onelevel@sanitizeletterpaperphrase

newcommandAfourpaperphrase{-a4paper}@onelevel@sanitizeAfourpaperphrase

%

newcommandgobbletoletterpaperphrase{}%

expandafterlongexpandafterdef

expandaftergobbletoletterpaperphraseexpandafter#expandafter1letterpaperphrase{}%

%

newcommandgobbletoAfourpaperphrase{}%

expandafterlongexpandafterdef

expandaftergobbletoAfourpaperphraseexpandafter#expandafter1Afourpaperphrase{}%

%

newcommandkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrase{}%

expandafterlongexpandafterdef

expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrase

expandafter#expandafter1Afourpaperphrase#2relax{#1}%

%

newcommandCheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{}%

expandafterdef

expandafterCheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase

expandafter{%

  romannumeral0expandafterCheckWhetherNullexpandafter{%

     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %

     expandaftergobbletoletterpaperphrase

     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %

     expandafterjobname

     letterpaperphrase

  }%

  { @secondoftwo}%

  { @firstoftwo}%

}%

newcommandCheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase{}%

expandafterdef

expandafterCheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase

expandafter{%

  romannumeral0expandafterCheckWhetherNullexpandafter{%

     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %

     expandaftergobbletoAfourpaperphrase

     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %

     expandafterjobname

     Afourpaperphrase

  }%

  { @secondoftwo}%

  { @firstoftwo}%

}%

CheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{%

  PassOptionsToClass{letterpaper}{moderncv}%

}{%

  PassOptionsToClass{a4paper}{moderncv}%

}%

IfFileExists{jobname.tex}{%

  newcommandmyinfile{jobname.tex}%

}{%

  newcommandmyinfile{%

    CheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase

      {expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrasejobnamerelax}%

      {jobname}.tex%

  }%

}%

newcommandcreateletterdocument{%

  ShellEscape{%

    latexmk -cd

            -gg

            -jobname="CheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase

                        {expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrasejobnamerelax}%

                        {jobname}%

                      letterpaperphrase" 

            -pdflatex="lualatex @percentchar O @percentchar S" 

            -pdf -dvi- -ps- 

            myinfile

  }%

}%

AtBeginDocument{%

  begingroup

  immediatewrite@mainaux{stringglobalstringletstringcreateletterdocument=stringempty}%

  endgroup

  CheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{}{createletterdocument}%

}%

makeatother



% some preamble stuff before `documentclass` line

% blah blah (preamble)

% more blah blah (preamble)



documentclass[11pt,sans]{moderncv}  % <----- paper size is _not_ 

% set here but is set via PassOptionsToClass.



makeatletter

@ifundefined{pdfpagewidth}{}{pdfpagewidth=paperwidth}%

@ifundefined{pdfpageheight}{}{pdfpageheight=paperheight}%

@ifundefined{pagewidth}{}{pagewidth=paperwidth}%

@ifundefined{pageheight}{}{pageheight=paperheight}%

makeatother



% a lot more preamble lines after `documentclass` line

moderncvstyle{classic}

usepackage{graphicx}



firstname{John}

familyname{Doe}



address{83 Fancy Avenue}{Noweheresville}{Gotham City 24061} 

phone[mobile]{123 456 7890}

email{someone@xyz.com}

photo[64pt][0.5pt]{example-image-a}





begin{document}

   makecvtitle

end{document}





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    When on my system I save the following example as test.tex and on the shell (via chdir or cd or whatever) change the active directory to the directory where test.tex is stored, and then compile test.tex by calling latexmk from the shell/command-line via 



    latexmk -cd -gg -pdflatex="lualatex --shell-escape %O %S" -pdf -dvi- -ps- test.tex


    (maybe on your platform you need --enable-write18 instead of --shell-escape)



    , then during the first lualatex-run initiated by latexmk, where aux-files don't exist in the beginning, another latexmk-run is initiated where the -jobname-option is used for attaching the phrase -letterpaper to the current expansion of jobname.



    In any case it is checked whether the expansion of the jobname-primitive contains the phrase -letterpaper.



    If so, the option "letterpaper" is passed to the documentclass.



    If not so, the option "a4paper" is passed to the documentclass.



    As a result you have one latexmk-run on test.tex which exactly once initiates another latexmk-run on test.tex with -jobname="test-letterpaper".



    In the end you get test.pdf which is a4paper and test-letterpaper.pdf which is letterpaper.



    If you wish, you can provide the -jobname-option on the shell/command-line also and e.g., do 



    latexmk -cd -gg -jobname="test-a4paper" -pdflatex="lualatex --shell-escape %O %S" -pdf -dvi- -ps- test.tex


    (maybe on your platform you need --enable-write18 instead of --shell-escape)



    in order to get test-a4paper.pdf and test-letterpaper.pdf.



    makeatletter
    
RequirePackage{shellesc}% more recent releases of LuaTeX don't provide
    
                         % write18 any more. This package makes sure
    
                         % under such LuaTeX write18 is emulated by
    
                         % calls to directlua.
    
newcommandCheckWhetherNull[1]{%
    
  ifrelaxdetokenize{#1}relax
    
  expandafter@firstoftwoelseexpandafter@secondoftwofi
    
}%
    
newcommandletterpaperphrase{-letterpaper}@onelevel@sanitizeletterpaperphrase
    
newcommandAfourpaperphrase{-a4paper}@onelevel@sanitizeAfourpaperphrase
    
%
    
newcommandgobbletoletterpaperphrase{}%
    
expandafterlongexpandafterdef
    
expandaftergobbletoletterpaperphraseexpandafter#expandafter1letterpaperphrase{}%
    
%
    
newcommandgobbletoAfourpaperphrase{}%
    
expandafterlongexpandafterdef
    
expandaftergobbletoAfourpaperphraseexpandafter#expandafter1Afourpaperphrase{}%
    
%
    
newcommandkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrase{}%
    
expandafterlongexpandafterdef
    
expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrase
    
expandafter#expandafter1Afourpaperphrase#2relax{#1}%
    
%
    
newcommandCheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{}%
    
expandafterdef
    
expandafterCheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase
    
expandafter{%
    
  romannumeral0expandafterCheckWhetherNullexpandafter{%
    
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
    
     expandaftergobbletoletterpaperphrase
    
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
    
     expandafterjobname
    
     letterpaperphrase
    
  }%
    
  { @secondoftwo}%
    
  { @firstoftwo}%
    
}%
    
newcommandCheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase{}%
    
expandafterdef
    
expandafterCheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase
    
expandafter{%
    
  romannumeral0expandafterCheckWhetherNullexpandafter{%
    
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
    
     expandaftergobbletoAfourpaperphrase
    
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
    
     expandafterjobname
    
     Afourpaperphrase
    
  }%
    
  { @secondoftwo}%
    
  { @firstoftwo}%
    
}%
    
CheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{%
    
  PassOptionsToClass{letterpaper}{moderncv}%
    
}{%
    
  PassOptionsToClass{a4paper}{moderncv}%
    
}%
    
IfFileExists{jobname.tex}{%
    
  newcommandmyinfile{jobname.tex}%
    
}{%
    
  newcommandmyinfile{%
    
    CheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase
    
      {expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrasejobnamerelax}%
    
      {jobname}.tex%
    
  }%
    
}%
    
newcommandcreateletterdocument{%
    
  ShellEscape{%
    
    latexmk -cd
    
            -gg
    
            -jobname="CheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase
    
                        {expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrasejobnamerelax}%
    
                        {jobname}%
    
                      letterpaperphrase" 
    
            -pdflatex="lualatex @percentchar O @percentchar S" 
    
            -pdf -dvi- -ps- 
    
            myinfile
    
  }%
    
}%
    
AtBeginDocument{%
    
  begingroup
    
  immediatewrite@mainaux{stringglobalstringletstringcreateletterdocument=stringempty}%
    
  endgroup
    
  CheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{}{createletterdocument}%
    
}%
    
makeatother
    

    
% some preamble stuff before `documentclass` line
    
% blah blah (preamble)
    
% more blah blah (preamble)
    

    
documentclass[11pt,sans]{moderncv}  % <----- paper size is _not_ 
    
% set here but is set via PassOptionsToClass.
    

    
makeatletter
    
@ifundefined{pdfpagewidth}{}{pdfpagewidth=paperwidth}%
    
@ifundefined{pdfpageheight}{}{pdfpageheight=paperheight}%
    
@ifundefined{pagewidth}{}{pagewidth=paperwidth}%
    
@ifundefined{pageheight}{}{pageheight=paperheight}%
    
makeatother
    

    
% a lot more preamble lines after `documentclass` line
    
moderncvstyle{classic}
    
usepackage{graphicx}
    

    
firstname{John}
    
familyname{Doe}
    

    
address{83 Fancy Avenue}{Noweheresville}{Gotham City 24061} 
    
phone[mobile]{123 456 7890}
    
email{someone@xyz.com}
    
photo[64pt][0.5pt]{example-image-a}
    

    

    
begin{document}
    
   makecvtitle
    
end{document}





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      When on my system I save the following example as test.tex and on the shell (via chdir or cd or whatever) change the active directory to the directory where test.tex is stored, and then compile test.tex by calling latexmk from the shell/command-line via 



      latexmk -cd -gg -pdflatex="lualatex --shell-escape %O %S" -pdf -dvi- -ps- test.tex


      (maybe on your platform you need --enable-write18 instead of --shell-escape)



      , then during the first lualatex-run initiated by latexmk, where aux-files don't exist in the beginning, another latexmk-run is initiated where the -jobname-option is used for attaching the phrase -letterpaper to the current expansion of jobname.



      In any case it is checked whether the expansion of the jobname-primitive contains the phrase -letterpaper.



      If so, the option "letterpaper" is passed to the documentclass.



      If not so, the option "a4paper" is passed to the documentclass.



      As a result you have one latexmk-run on test.tex which exactly once initiates another latexmk-run on test.tex with -jobname="test-letterpaper".



      In the end you get test.pdf which is a4paper and test-letterpaper.pdf which is letterpaper.



      If you wish, you can provide the -jobname-option on the shell/command-line also and e.g., do 



      latexmk -cd -gg -jobname="test-a4paper" -pdflatex="lualatex --shell-escape %O %S" -pdf -dvi- -ps- test.tex


      (maybe on your platform you need --enable-write18 instead of --shell-escape)



      in order to get test-a4paper.pdf and test-letterpaper.pdf.



      makeatletter
      
RequirePackage{shellesc}% more recent releases of LuaTeX don't provide
      
                         % write18 any more. This package makes sure
      
                         % under such LuaTeX write18 is emulated by
      
                         % calls to directlua.
      
newcommandCheckWhetherNull[1]{%
      
  ifrelaxdetokenize{#1}relax
      
  expandafter@firstoftwoelseexpandafter@secondoftwofi
      
}%
      
newcommandletterpaperphrase{-letterpaper}@onelevel@sanitizeletterpaperphrase
      
newcommandAfourpaperphrase{-a4paper}@onelevel@sanitizeAfourpaperphrase
      
%
      
newcommandgobbletoletterpaperphrase{}%
      
expandafterlongexpandafterdef
      
expandaftergobbletoletterpaperphraseexpandafter#expandafter1letterpaperphrase{}%
      
%
      
newcommandgobbletoAfourpaperphrase{}%
      
expandafterlongexpandafterdef
      
expandaftergobbletoAfourpaperphraseexpandafter#expandafter1Afourpaperphrase{}%
      
%
      
newcommandkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrase{}%
      
expandafterlongexpandafterdef
      
expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrase
      
expandafter#expandafter1Afourpaperphrase#2relax{#1}%
      
%
      
newcommandCheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{}%
      
expandafterdef
      
expandafterCheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase
      
expandafter{%
      
  romannumeral0expandafterCheckWhetherNullexpandafter{%
      
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
      
     expandaftergobbletoletterpaperphrase
      
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
      
     expandafterjobname
      
     letterpaperphrase
      
  }%
      
  { @secondoftwo}%
      
  { @firstoftwo}%
      
}%
      
newcommandCheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase{}%
      
expandafterdef
      
expandafterCheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase
      
expandafter{%
      
  romannumeral0expandafterCheckWhetherNullexpandafter{%
      
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
      
     expandaftergobbletoAfourpaperphrase
      
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
      
     expandafterjobname
      
     Afourpaperphrase
      
  }%
      
  { @secondoftwo}%
      
  { @firstoftwo}%
      
}%
      
CheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{%
      
  PassOptionsToClass{letterpaper}{moderncv}%
      
}{%
      
  PassOptionsToClass{a4paper}{moderncv}%
      
}%
      
IfFileExists{jobname.tex}{%
      
  newcommandmyinfile{jobname.tex}%
      
}{%
      
  newcommandmyinfile{%
      
    CheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase
      
      {expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrasejobnamerelax}%
      
      {jobname}.tex%
      
  }%
      
}%
      
newcommandcreateletterdocument{%
      
  ShellEscape{%
      
    latexmk -cd
      
            -gg
      
            -jobname="CheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase
      
                        {expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrasejobnamerelax}%
      
                        {jobname}%
      
                      letterpaperphrase" 
      
            -pdflatex="lualatex @percentchar O @percentchar S" 
      
            -pdf -dvi- -ps- 
      
            myinfile
      
  }%
      
}%
      
AtBeginDocument{%
      
  begingroup
      
  immediatewrite@mainaux{stringglobalstringletstringcreateletterdocument=stringempty}%
      
  endgroup
      
  CheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{}{createletterdocument}%
      
}%
      
makeatother
      

      
% some preamble stuff before `documentclass` line
      
% blah blah (preamble)
      
% more blah blah (preamble)
      

      
documentclass[11pt,sans]{moderncv}  % <----- paper size is _not_ 
      
% set here but is set via PassOptionsToClass.
      

      
makeatletter
      
@ifundefined{pdfpagewidth}{}{pdfpagewidth=paperwidth}%
      
@ifundefined{pdfpageheight}{}{pdfpageheight=paperheight}%
      
@ifundefined{pagewidth}{}{pagewidth=paperwidth}%
      
@ifundefined{pageheight}{}{pageheight=paperheight}%
      
makeatother
      

      
% a lot more preamble lines after `documentclass` line
      
moderncvstyle{classic}
      
usepackage{graphicx}
      

      
firstname{John}
      
familyname{Doe}
      

      
address{83 Fancy Avenue}{Noweheresville}{Gotham City 24061} 
      
phone[mobile]{123 456 7890}
      
email{someone@xyz.com}
      
photo[64pt][0.5pt]{example-image-a}
      

      

      
begin{document}
      
   makecvtitle
      
end{document}





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        2







        When on my system I save the following example as test.tex and on the shell (via chdir or cd or whatever) change the active directory to the directory where test.tex is stored, and then compile test.tex by calling latexmk from the shell/command-line via 



        latexmk -cd -gg -pdflatex="lualatex --shell-escape %O %S" -pdf -dvi- -ps- test.tex


        (maybe on your platform you need --enable-write18 instead of --shell-escape)



        , then during the first lualatex-run initiated by latexmk, where aux-files don't exist in the beginning, another latexmk-run is initiated where the -jobname-option is used for attaching the phrase -letterpaper to the current expansion of jobname.



        In any case it is checked whether the expansion of the jobname-primitive contains the phrase -letterpaper.



        If so, the option "letterpaper" is passed to the documentclass.



        If not so, the option "a4paper" is passed to the documentclass.



        As a result you have one latexmk-run on test.tex which exactly once initiates another latexmk-run on test.tex with -jobname="test-letterpaper".



        In the end you get test.pdf which is a4paper and test-letterpaper.pdf which is letterpaper.



        If you wish, you can provide the -jobname-option on the shell/command-line also and e.g., do 



        latexmk -cd -gg -jobname="test-a4paper" -pdflatex="lualatex --shell-escape %O %S" -pdf -dvi- -ps- test.tex


        (maybe on your platform you need --enable-write18 instead of --shell-escape)



        in order to get test-a4paper.pdf and test-letterpaper.pdf.



        makeatletter
        
RequirePackage{shellesc}% more recent releases of LuaTeX don't provide
        
                         % write18 any more. This package makes sure
        
                         % under such LuaTeX write18 is emulated by
        
                         % calls to directlua.
        
newcommandCheckWhetherNull[1]{%
        
  ifrelaxdetokenize{#1}relax
        
  expandafter@firstoftwoelseexpandafter@secondoftwofi
        
}%
        
newcommandletterpaperphrase{-letterpaper}@onelevel@sanitizeletterpaperphrase
        
newcommandAfourpaperphrase{-a4paper}@onelevel@sanitizeAfourpaperphrase
        
%
        
newcommandgobbletoletterpaperphrase{}%
        
expandafterlongexpandafterdef
        
expandaftergobbletoletterpaperphraseexpandafter#expandafter1letterpaperphrase{}%
        
%
        
newcommandgobbletoAfourpaperphrase{}%
        
expandafterlongexpandafterdef
        
expandaftergobbletoAfourpaperphraseexpandafter#expandafter1Afourpaperphrase{}%
        
%
        
newcommandkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrase{}%
        
expandafterlongexpandafterdef
        
expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrase
        
expandafter#expandafter1Afourpaperphrase#2relax{#1}%
        
%
        
newcommandCheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{}%
        
expandafterdef
        
expandafterCheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase
        
expandafter{%
        
  romannumeral0expandafterCheckWhetherNullexpandafter{%
        
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
        
     expandaftergobbletoletterpaperphrase
        
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
        
     expandafterjobname
        
     letterpaperphrase
        
  }%
        
  { @secondoftwo}%
        
  { @firstoftwo}%
        
}%
        
newcommandCheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase{}%
        
expandafterdef
        
expandafterCheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase
        
expandafter{%
        
  romannumeral0expandafterCheckWhetherNullexpandafter{%
        
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
        
     expandaftergobbletoAfourpaperphrase
        
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
        
     expandafterjobname
        
     Afourpaperphrase
        
  }%
        
  { @secondoftwo}%
        
  { @firstoftwo}%
        
}%
        
CheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{%
        
  PassOptionsToClass{letterpaper}{moderncv}%
        
}{%
        
  PassOptionsToClass{a4paper}{moderncv}%
        
}%
        
IfFileExists{jobname.tex}{%
        
  newcommandmyinfile{jobname.tex}%
        
}{%
        
  newcommandmyinfile{%
        
    CheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase
        
      {expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrasejobnamerelax}%
        
      {jobname}.tex%
        
  }%
        
}%
        
newcommandcreateletterdocument{%
        
  ShellEscape{%
        
    latexmk -cd
        
            -gg
        
            -jobname="CheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase
        
                        {expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrasejobnamerelax}%
        
                        {jobname}%
        
                      letterpaperphrase" 
        
            -pdflatex="lualatex @percentchar O @percentchar S" 
        
            -pdf -dvi- -ps- 
        
            myinfile
        
  }%
        
}%
        
AtBeginDocument{%
        
  begingroup
        
  immediatewrite@mainaux{stringglobalstringletstringcreateletterdocument=stringempty}%
        
  endgroup
        
  CheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{}{createletterdocument}%
        
}%
        
makeatother
        

        
% some preamble stuff before `documentclass` line
        
% blah blah (preamble)
        
% more blah blah (preamble)
        

        
documentclass[11pt,sans]{moderncv}  % <----- paper size is _not_ 
        
% set here but is set via PassOptionsToClass.
        

        
makeatletter
        
@ifundefined{pdfpagewidth}{}{pdfpagewidth=paperwidth}%
        
@ifundefined{pdfpageheight}{}{pdfpageheight=paperheight}%
        
@ifundefined{pagewidth}{}{pagewidth=paperwidth}%
        
@ifundefined{pageheight}{}{pageheight=paperheight}%
        
makeatother
        

        
% a lot more preamble lines after `documentclass` line
        
moderncvstyle{classic}
        
usepackage{graphicx}
        

        
firstname{John}
        
familyname{Doe}
        

        
address{83 Fancy Avenue}{Noweheresville}{Gotham City 24061} 
        
phone[mobile]{123 456 7890}
        
email{someone@xyz.com}
        
photo[64pt][0.5pt]{example-image-a}
        

        

        
begin{document}
        
   makecvtitle
        
end{document}





        share|improve this answer















        When on my system I save the following example as test.tex and on the shell (via chdir or cd or whatever) change the active directory to the directory where test.tex is stored, and then compile test.tex by calling latexmk from the shell/command-line via 



        latexmk -cd -gg -pdflatex="lualatex --shell-escape %O %S" -pdf -dvi- -ps- test.tex


        (maybe on your platform you need --enable-write18 instead of --shell-escape)



        , then during the first lualatex-run initiated by latexmk, where aux-files don't exist in the beginning, another latexmk-run is initiated where the -jobname-option is used for attaching the phrase -letterpaper to the current expansion of jobname.



        In any case it is checked whether the expansion of the jobname-primitive contains the phrase -letterpaper.



        If so, the option "letterpaper" is passed to the documentclass.



        If not so, the option "a4paper" is passed to the documentclass.



        As a result you have one latexmk-run on test.tex which exactly once initiates another latexmk-run on test.tex with -jobname="test-letterpaper".



        In the end you get test.pdf which is a4paper and test-letterpaper.pdf which is letterpaper.



        If you wish, you can provide the -jobname-option on the shell/command-line also and e.g., do 



        latexmk -cd -gg -jobname="test-a4paper" -pdflatex="lualatex --shell-escape %O %S" -pdf -dvi- -ps- test.tex


        (maybe on your platform you need --enable-write18 instead of --shell-escape)



        in order to get test-a4paper.pdf and test-letterpaper.pdf.



        makeatletter
        
RequirePackage{shellesc}% more recent releases of LuaTeX don't provide
        
                         % write18 any more. This package makes sure
        
                         % under such LuaTeX write18 is emulated by
        
                         % calls to directlua.
        
newcommandCheckWhetherNull[1]{%
        
  ifrelaxdetokenize{#1}relax
        
  expandafter@firstoftwoelseexpandafter@secondoftwofi
        
}%
        
newcommandletterpaperphrase{-letterpaper}@onelevel@sanitizeletterpaperphrase
        
newcommandAfourpaperphrase{-a4paper}@onelevel@sanitizeAfourpaperphrase
        
%
        
newcommandgobbletoletterpaperphrase{}%
        
expandafterlongexpandafterdef
        
expandaftergobbletoletterpaperphraseexpandafter#expandafter1letterpaperphrase{}%
        
%
        
newcommandgobbletoAfourpaperphrase{}%
        
expandafterlongexpandafterdef
        
expandaftergobbletoAfourpaperphraseexpandafter#expandafter1Afourpaperphrase{}%
        
%
        
newcommandkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrase{}%
        
expandafterlongexpandafterdef
        
expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrase
        
expandafter#expandafter1Afourpaperphrase#2relax{#1}%
        
%
        
newcommandCheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{}%
        
expandafterdef
        
expandafterCheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase
        
expandafter{%
        
  romannumeral0expandafterCheckWhetherNullexpandafter{%
        
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
        
     expandaftergobbletoletterpaperphrase
        
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
        
     expandafterjobname
        
     letterpaperphrase
        
  }%
        
  { @secondoftwo}%
        
  { @firstoftwo}%
        
}%
        
newcommandCheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase{}%
        
expandafterdef
        
expandafterCheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase
        
expandafter{%
        
  romannumeral0expandafterCheckWhetherNullexpandafter{%
        
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
        
     expandaftergobbletoAfourpaperphrase
        
     romannumeral0@firstofone{expandafterexpandafterexpandafter} %
        
     expandafterjobname
        
     Afourpaperphrase
        
  }%
        
  { @secondoftwo}%
        
  { @firstoftwo}%
        
}%
        
CheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{%
        
  PassOptionsToClass{letterpaper}{moderncv}%
        
}{%
        
  PassOptionsToClass{a4paper}{moderncv}%
        
}%
        
IfFileExists{jobname.tex}{%
        
  newcommandmyinfile{jobname.tex}%
        
}{%
        
  newcommandmyinfile{%
        
    CheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase
        
      {expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrasejobnamerelax}%
        
      {jobname}.tex%
        
  }%
        
}%
        
newcommandcreateletterdocument{%
        
  ShellEscape{%
        
    latexmk -cd
        
            -gg
        
            -jobname="CheckWhetherJobNameHasAfourpaperphrase
        
                        {expandafterkeepBeforeAfourpaperphrasejobnamerelax}%
        
                        {jobname}%
        
                      letterpaperphrase" 
        
            -pdflatex="lualatex @percentchar O @percentchar S" 
        
            -pdf -dvi- -ps- 
        
            myinfile
        
  }%
        
}%
        
AtBeginDocument{%
        
  begingroup
        
  immediatewrite@mainaux{stringglobalstringletstringcreateletterdocument=stringempty}%
        
  endgroup
        
  CheckWhetherJobNameHasLetterpaperphrase{}{createletterdocument}%
        
}%
        
makeatother
        

        
% some preamble stuff before `documentclass` line
        
% blah blah (preamble)
        
% more blah blah (preamble)
        

        
documentclass[11pt,sans]{moderncv}  % <----- paper size is _not_ 
        
% set here but is set via PassOptionsToClass.
        

        
makeatletter
        
@ifundefined{pdfpagewidth}{}{pdfpagewidth=paperwidth}%
        
@ifundefined{pdfpageheight}{}{pdfpageheight=paperheight}%
        
@ifundefined{pagewidth}{}{pagewidth=paperwidth}%
        
@ifundefined{pageheight}{}{pageheight=paperheight}%
        
makeatother
        

        
% a lot more preamble lines after `documentclass` line
        
moderncvstyle{classic}
        
usepackage{graphicx}
        

        
firstname{John}
        
familyname{Doe}
        

        
address{83 Fancy Avenue}{Noweheresville}{Gotham City 24061} 
        
phone[mobile]{123 456 7890}
        
email{someone@xyz.com}
        
photo[64pt][0.5pt]{example-image-a}
        

        

        
begin{document}
        
   makecvtitle
        
end{document}






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