[tex-live] [mf] option `-output-directory' doesn't work

[Werner LEMBERG]

>>> As the title says: It seems that mf's `-output-directory' option is
>>> completely ignored.  A bug?
>>
>> A test on win32:
>> mf-nowin --output-directory=e:/work2 "\mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; input cmr10"
>>
>> cmr10.600gf, cmr10.log and cmr10.tfm went to e:/work2 and the
>> current directory was empty.
>>
> Test on Linux (CentOS 5.3), x86_64
>  mf --output-directory=/tmp "\mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; input cmr10"
> Output went to /tmp, no new files in the current directory

Thanks for testing.  Using absolute paths works on my platform also.
However, using relative paths like `--output-directory=../build'
doesn't.  In case this is intentional please improve the help message
of mf accordingly.


    Werner