[XeTeX] [tex-live] Problem with XeTeX's (and perhaps other binaries -- not investigated) handling of --output-directory

[Philip Taylor]

Philip Taylor wrote:

> But all of this is besides the point :  surely 
> 
> 	o XeTeX --output-directory=../dynamic-content foo (or foo.tex)
> 
> should compile foo.tex, not ../dynamic-content/foo.tex

Note that this occurs even if a specific path to "foo.tex" is given :

> E:\TeX\Projects\WBH\Welcome>xetex --output-directory=../dynamic-content ./foo
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.99996 (TeX Live 2016/W32TeX) (preloaded format=xetex)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (../dynamic-content/./foo.tex This is the unintended foo.tex)
> *\end
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on ../dynamic-content/foo.log.
> 
> E:\TeX\Projects\WBH\Welcome>xetex --output-directory=../dynamic-content ./foo.tex
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.99996 (TeX Live 2016/W32TeX) (preloaded format=xetex)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (../dynamic-content/./foo.tex This is the unintended foo.tex)
> *\end
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on ../dynamic-content/foo.log.
> 
> E:\TeX\Projects\WBH\Welcome>