Vincent, Nice to hear from you. Let me apologize that I haven't been a contributer lately. There are a lot of balls in the air here.
As to the question: with this as test.tex ===== test.tex below ====== \documentclass[12pt]{article} \includeonly{test1, test2} \usepackage{lipsum} \begin{document} \include{test1} \include{test2} \end{document} ===== test.tex above ====== and these as test1.tex and test2.tex. ===== test1.tex below ====== \lipsum[1] \label{ex:test1} ===== test1.tex above ====== ===== test2.tex below ====== \lipsum[2] \label{ex:test2} ===== test2.tex above ====== then running "pdflatex test" twice gives this. ftpmaint@millstone:~/tmp/tex$ ls test*.aux test1.aux test2.aux test.aux The contents of those .aux files is what you would think. ftpmaint@millstone:~/tmp/tex$ cat test1.aux \relax \newlabel{ex:test1}{{}{1}} \@setckpt{test1}{ \setcounter{page}{2} \setcounter{equation}{0} \setcounter{enumi}{0} \setcounter{enumii}{0} \setcounter{enumiii}{0} \setcounter{enumiv}{0} \setcounter{footnote}{0} \setcounter{mpfootnote}{0} \setcounter{part}{0} \setcounter{section}{0} \setcounter{subsection}{0} \setcounter{subsubsection}{0} \setcounter{paragraph}{0} \setcounter{subparagraph}{0} \setcounter{figure}{0} \setcounter{table}{0} \setcounter{lips@count}{1} } Regards, Jim ------------------------------------------------------ If we pin this election on coastal elites, we are excusing white working-class and rural Americans for voting for a man accused of violating the Fair Housing Act by refusing to rent apartments to black people. If we pin this election on coastal elites, we are excusing white working-class and rural Americans for voting for a man who called Mexicans rapists, drug dealers and criminals. If we pin this election on coastal elites, we are excusing white working-class and rural Americans for voting for a man who called for a complete ban on Muslim immigration. Patrick Thornton http://www.rollcall.com/im-a-coastal-elite-from-the-midwest-the-real-bubble-is-rural-america