On 10-9-2010 2:25, Peter Münster wrote:
\startbuffer[pdf-pages]
   \starttext
     page 1 \page page 2
   \stoptext
\stopbuffer
\savebuffer[pdf-pages][pdf-pages.tex]
\executesystemcommand{context pdf-pages; mkdir testdir;
   mv pdf-pages.pdf testdir/2*8.pdf}
\starttext
\setupexternalfigures[directory={./testdir}]
\externalfigure[2*8][page=2]
\stoptext

this works ok here:

\startbuffer[pdf-pages]
  \starttext
    page 1 \page
    page 2 \page
    page 3 \page
  \stoptext
\stopbuffer

\savebuffer[pdf-pages][pdf-pages.tex]

\executesystemcommand{context pdf-pages}
\executesystemcommand{mkdir testdir}
\executesystemcommand{move /Y pdf-pages.pdf testdir/28.pdf}

\starttext
    \setupexternalfigures[directory={./testdir}]
    \externalfigure[28][page=3]
\stoptext

so, no * in the filename

however, you can do this

\starttext

\startbuffer[pdf-pages]
  \starttext
    page 1 \page page 2
  \stoptext
\stopbuffer

\typesetbuffer[pdf-pages][page=2,frame=on]

\stoptext

this has the advantage that when the buffer does not change, you get no new run either

Hans

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