tex-command

tex-command is a variable defined in `tex-mode.el'.
Its value is

"tex"

• This variable may be risky if used as a file-local variable.

Documentation:
Command to run TeX.
If this string contains an asterisk (`*'), that is replaced by the file name;
otherwise the value of `tex-start-options', the (shell-quoted)
value of `tex-start-commands', and the file name are added at the end
with blanks as separators.

In TeX, LaTeX, and SliTeX Mode this variable becomes buffer local.