lilypond --output=directory is not working

[Federico Bruni]

Hi folks

I'm puzzled by this error. What I'm doing wrong?

[tmp]$ mkdir pdf
[tmp]$ cat test.ly
\version "2.18.2"

{ c1 }

[tmp]$ ls pdf
[tmp]$
[tmp]$ lilypond --output=pdf test.ly
GNU LilyPond 2.19.81
Changing working directory to: `pdf'
Processing `test.ly'
Parsing...
/usr/share/lilypond/2.19.81/ly/init.ly:43:1: error: cannot find file: 
`test.ly'
(search path: 
`/tmp:/usr/share/lilypond/2.19.81/fonts/svg/:/usr/share/lilypond/2.19.81/fonts/type1/:/usr/share/lilypond/2.19.81/fonts/otf/:/usr/share/lilypond/2.19.81/scm:/usr/share/lilypond/2.19.81/ps:/usr/share/lilypond/2.19.81/ly:')

\maininput
test.ly:1: warning: no \version statement found, please add

\version "2.19.81"

for future compatibility
fatal error: failed files: "test.ly"
[tmp]$
[tmp]$
[tmp]$ ls -l pdf
total 0


Why it's changing working directory to pdf before running test.ly?


The documentation in Usage 1,2 is pretty clear:

-o, --output=FILE or FOLDER

   Set the default output file to FILE or, if a folder with that name 
exists, direct the output to FOLDER, taking the file name from the 
input file. The appropriate suffix will be added (e.g. .pdf for pdf) in 
both cases.