Output result to specified file path

Output result to specified file path

[Thangalin]

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How do you set the target output path and file name? Consider:

% SOF
\starttext
  Hello
\stoptext
% EOF

Save as $HOME/test.tex and then:

mkdir /tmp/subdir
context --result=/tmp/subdir/test.pdf $HOME/test.tex

Expected: PDF file is created in /tmp/subdir directory.

Actual: PDF file is created in $HOME directory.

Version: 2021.03.27 19:09

Thank you!

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Re: Output result to specified file path

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

> Am 30.03.2021 um 07:05 schrieb Thangalin <thangalin@gmail.com>:
> 
> How do you set the target output path and file name? Consider:
> context --result=/tmp/subdir/test.pdf $HOME/test.tex
> 
> Expected: PDF file is created in /tmp/subdir directory.
> 
> Actual: PDF file is created in $HOME directory.

That’s known behavior. ConTeXt will never write to other directories than the current.

Sorry. Doesn’t fit my needs, too.

Hraban

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Re: Output result to specified file path

[denis.maier]

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IIRC, there’s currently no support for this.
--result= can be used to rename the output file, but it can not be used to create the file in a specific directory, nor to move it there.
Such a feature would be quite useful though, I think.
Maybe two options?

--result=foo.pdf => rename output to foo.pdf
--output-dir=/somedir => create output file in /somedir (but keep the regular file name)

--result=/somedir/foo.pdf => create foo.pdf at a specific location.

Denis

Von: ntg-context <ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl> Im Auftrag von Thangalin
Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. März 2021 07:06
An: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Betreff: [NTG-context] Output result to specified file path

How do you set the target output path and file name? Consider:

% SOF
\starttext
  Hello
\stoptext
% EOF

Save as $HOME/test.tex and then:

mkdir /tmp/subdir
context --result=/tmp/subdir/test.pdf $HOME/test.tex

Expected: PDF file is created in /tmp/subdir directory.

Actual: PDF file is created in $HOME directory.

Version: 2021.03.27 19:09

Thank you!

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Re: Output result to specified file path

[Hans Hagen]

On 3/30/2021 9:13 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> 
> 
>> Am 30.03.2021 um 07:05 schrieb Thangalin <thangalin@gmail.com>:
>>
>> How do you set the target output path and file name? Consider:
>> context --result=/tmp/subdir/test.pdf $HOME/test.tex
>>
>> Expected: PDF file is created in /tmp/subdir directory.
>>
>> Actual: PDF file is created in $HOME directory.
> 
> That’s known behavior. ConTeXt will never write to other directories than the current.
> 
> Sorry. Doesn’t fit my needs, too.
just do the reverse: go to the wanted path and run from there (and use 
--path for picking up stuff)

Hans

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Re: Output result to specified file path

[Thangalin]

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From https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Run_scripts

context --jit prd_${PRD} --result=_pdf/$RESULT --mode=$MOD

Does this mean the example is incorrect? Or did it once work and the
behaviour has since changed? Or is it that relative directories are fine
but absolute paths won't work?

Let me know and I'll update the wiki with the correct behaviour.

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