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Diffstat (limited to 'Master/texmf-dist/doc/context')
-rw-r--r-- | Master/texmf-dist/doc/context/third/filter/filter.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/context/third/filter/filter.txt b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/context/third/filter/filter.txt index 13e1acc4898..8a686827b41 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/context/third/filter/filter.txt +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/context/third/filter/filter.txt @@ -284,7 +284,20 @@ external program that you are using. Deleting temporary files ------------------------ -To delete the temporary files generated by the module, call +In MkIV, the module automatically deletes the `\externalfilterinputfile` after +executing the filter unless `\traceexternalfilters` is used. If, for whatever +reason, you want to keep this file around, use + + \defineexternalfilter + [...] + [... + purge=no, + ...] + +In MkII, the `\externalfilterinputfile` is not deleted. + +All the files generated by the filter module have `-temp-` in their name. As +such they can be deleted using context --purgeall --pattern=filename @@ -746,3 +759,5 @@ Version History - Renamed `continue` to `cache`. Using `continue=yes` still works - Removed `force` and `reuse` modes (too easy to clash with user modes). - Functionality of force mode implemented using `cache=force`. +- **2012.02.05** + - Added `purge=yes|no` to control if the input file is deleted or not |