Matthias Wächter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Naively, I thought that the --tempdir option would allow the 'temporary'
> files created/updated at a run of texexec be written to whatever is given as
> --tempdir=/dir/, but it doesn't work, the files remain in the current
> directory. Additionally, --output seems to disallow the output be put into
> another directory (it's always put into `pwd`).
>
> Is there a (better?) way to specify where these files should go?
>
currently not, an option like that is doable but would involve both an
patch to context itself (runtime locating files) and texexec
(inbetween/postprocessing) [pretty fuzzy btw]
if it's because of the temp files. you can run with --purge and get them
removed
> What I'd expect is a directory layout like the following:
>
> files/
> onesource.tex
> env.tex
> othersource.tex
> project.tex
> out/
> project.pdf
> tmp/
> project.tmp
> project.log
> project.tui
> project.tuo
> mpgraph.mp
> project-mpgraph.mp
>
> as a result of
>
> $ cd files/
> $ texexec --pdf --tempdir=tmp --output=out/project.pdf project
>
--output concerns the backend while --result
texexec test --result=what/oeps
should work ok given that what exists (i'll add a check for existence)
> Is /me the only one who desires such a split?
>
I think so
Hans
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