On Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM David F. <[email protected]> wrote: > There is the “-o” command line option to set the output file/directory. > Is there a way to set this option in code? I’m looking for a way to set a > default value for this option in code such that it can still be overridden > from the command line. (And I specifically am wanting to set this value to > a directory leaving all the other means for configuring the final output > name in tact.) >
Hmm, I'm not sure these will do all you want, but if you have an explicit \book block in your input file, you can use \bookOutputName or \bookOutputSuffix. See: https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/output-file-names -- Knute Snortum
