Re: [NTG-context] Can ConTeXt write its pdf to a different directory?

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On 5/27/2023 11:51 AM, Denis Maier via ntg-context wrote:
> I usually use a makefile for this.
> There I have build rule that first cds into the target directory, then calls context from there.
That is indeed the solution (also because the --path option will then 
fetch from the source). The more lua hackery the more danger of 
interference. The problem here is that a rename won't work in all 
scenarios (different drives on windows for instance, or from local disk 
to network drive).

Anyway, one can also give

   --runpath=sometargetpath

which i actually use to run for instance manuals, but there it is driven 
in the file itself:

   % language=us runpath=texruns:manuals/musings

in combination with

   TEXRUNS=c:\data\temporary\texruns

so that I don't overwrite a stable manual in the source path. Over the 
decades that context evolved there have been plenty such tricks added.

I could probably add a move option to the job ticket mechanism but that 
has not changed in ages so ... workflows demands are too different.

Hans

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