Command/jobname

\jobname

Syntax

\jobname

Description

The command \jobname prints the basename (the name without the .tex extension) of the TeX file on which ConTeXt was invoked. E.g. in the simple case of mydocument.tex, \jobname will produce mydocument. If one is using products and components, then \jobname will resolve to the basename of whatever product (or component) the context or texexec command was invoked on.

Example

With a single file:

• Job name: \jobname
  

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Multi-file example: a product and a component.

% myproduct.tex
\startproduct
    \component c_mycomponent
\stopproduct

and

% mycomponent.tex
\startcomponent c_mycomponent % not required, but good for clarity
\jobname
\stopcomponent

Compiling this with context myproduct.tex</context> means \jobname in mycompnent.tex resolves to myproduct. (Same with texexec, naturally.)

See also

• \texenginename gives the name of the engine (e.g. LuaTeX, or XeTeX).
• \texengineversion gives the version number of the engine (e.g. 0.64).
• \contextversion gives the timestamp of the ConTeXt version in use
• \contextmark gives MKII or MKIV, the ConTeXt major release marker
• \contextversionnumber gives the ConTeXt version followed by the mark.

Help from ConTeXt-Mailinglist/Forum

All issues with:

• jobname on the mailing list (all results)
• jobname on the mailing list (subject only)
• jobname on stack exchange
• jobname in ConTeXt's source