Re: lilypond --output=directory is not working

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno sab 10 mar 2018 alle 16:26, David Wright 
<address@hidden> ha scritto:
> On Sat 10 Mar 2018 at 09:18:59 (+0100), Federico Bruni wrote:
> >  [...]
>
> >  The documentation in Usage 1,2 is pretty clear:
> >
> >  -o, --output=FILE or FOLDER
>
> I don't recognise this. What is Usage 1,2?

It's chapter 1.2 of Usage manual.
Sorry, a typo.. and I should have put a link instead.


> >     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.
>
> /home/david/lilypond-docs/2.19.80/man1/lilypond.1       3287/3451     
>        95%
>
>        -o, --output=FILE              write output to FILE (suffix 
> will be added)
>
> Perhaps the documentation is running ahead of the program's 
> capabilities?
>
> A workaround is to give the full path of test.ly to LP, ie 
> /tmp/test.ly.

No, it's not this.
See my last email. The problem occurs only in the /tmp directory. It 
happens on Debian as well (not only in Fedora).