ConTeXt Process Management 1.06
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# Command line options

flag | value | description
--- | --- | ---
basic
--run |  | process (one or more) files (default action)
--make |  | create context formats
--ctx=name |  | use ctx file (process management specification)
--noctx |  | ignore ctx directives and flags
--interface |  | use specified user interface (default: en)
--autopdf |  | close pdf file in viewer and start pdf viewer afterwards
--purge |  | purge files either or not after a run (--pattern=...)
--purgeall |  | purge all files either or not after a run (--pattern=...)
--usemodule | list | load the given module or style, normally part of the distribution
--environment | list | load the given environment file first (document styles)
--mode | list | enable given the modes (conditional processing in styles)
--path | list | also consult the given paths when files are looked for
--arguments | list | set variables that can be consulted during a run (key/value pairs)
--randomseed | number | set the randomseed
--result | name | rename the resulting output to the given name
--trackers | list | set tracker variables (show list with --showtrackers)
--directives | list | set directive variables (show list with --showdirectives)
--silent | list | disable logcategories (show list with --showlogcategories)
--strip |  | strip Lua code (only meant for production where no errors are expected)
--errors | list | show errors at the end of a run, quit when in list (also when --silent)
--htmlerrorpage |  | generate html error page instead (optional: =scite)
--noconsole |  | disable logging to the console (logfile only)
--nodummy |  | don't create a dummy file (can confuse pdf viewers that keep file in view)
--purgeresult |  | purge result file before run
--find | string | search for the given pattern in the documentation sources
--forcexml |  | force xml stub
--forcecld |  | force cld (context lua document) stub
--forcelua |  | force lua stub (like texlua)
--forcemp |  | force mp stub
--arrange |  | run extra imposition pass, given that the style sets up imposition
--noarrange |  | ignore imposition specifications in the style
--pages |  | report pagenumbers of names pages and list references (--page=... or --page=...)
--jit |  | use luajittex with jit turned off (only use the faster virtual machine)
--jiton |  | use luajittex with jit turned on (in most cases not faster, even slower)
--once |  | only run once (no multipass data file is produced)
--runs |  | process at most this many times
--forcedruns |  | process this many times (permits for optimization trial runs)
--batchmode |  | run without stopping and do not show messages on the console
--nonstopmode |  | run without stopping
--nosynctex |  | never initializes synctex (for production runs)
--synctex |  | run with synctex enabled (better use \setupsynctex[state=start])
--nodates |  | omit runtime dates in pdf file (optional value: a number (this 1970 offset time) or string "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM")
--nocompression |  | forcefully turns off compression in the backend
--trailerid |  | alternative trailer id (or constant one)
--generate |  | generate file database etc. (as luatools does)
--paranoid |  | do not descend to .. and ../..
--version |  | report installed context version
--global |  | assume given file present elsewhere
--nofile |  | use dummy file as jobname
--forceinput |  | use this file as input file instead of the given one
--expert |  | show some more options
expert
--touch |  | update context version number (also provide --expert, optionally provide --basepath)
--nostatistics |  | omit runtime statistics at the end of the run
--profile |  | profile job (use: mtxrun --script profile --analyze)
--timing |  | generate timing and statistics overview
--keeptuc |  | keep previous tuc files (jobname-tuc-[run].tmp)
--keeppdf |  | keep previous pdf files (jobname-pdf-keep.tmp)
--keeplog |  | keep previous log files (jobname-log-[run].tmp)
--notuc |  | don't write a tuc file
--lmtx |  | force lmtx mode (when available)
--overloadmode=error|warning|0--6|255 |  | enable csname overload checking
--extra=name |  | process extra (mtx-context-... in distribution)
--extras |  | show extras
--ownerpassword |  | encrypt the (pdf) file using this master password
--userpassword |  | use an additional password for opening the document
--permissions |  | list of: print, modify, extract, add, fillin, assemble, quality
special
--pdftex |  | process file with texexec using pdftex
--xetex |  | process file with texexec using xetex
--mkii |  | process file with texexec
--pipe |  | do not check for file and enter scroll mode (--dummyfile=whatever.tmp)
--parallel |  | process multiple files at the same time (you can specify a number of processes, default: 8)
--parallellist |  | process commands in this file (lines that start with 'context')
--sandbox |  | process file in a limited environment
--addbinarypath |  | prepend the (found) binarypath to runners