Matthias Wächter wrote:
> On 17.07.2006 21:35, Hans Hagen wrote:
>   
>> Matthias Wächter wrote:
>>     
>>> 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]
>>     
>
> I see.
>
>   
>> if it's because of the temp files. you can run with --purge and get them 
>> removed
>>     
>
> Well, then Context could not benefit from "incremental" builds with just one 
> run instead of 4 to 5 runs. But I get the idea.
>   
eh ... the tuo file is kept
>
> Maybe for this task, --purge is reasonable enough. I'll give it a try.
>   
that's indeed the best way to go; btw, here i only version tex files 

Hans 
 

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