output-file now doesn't take a path

[Worville]

I've built a report in Quarto with the following parameters:

  pdf:
    documentclass: report
    classoption: landscape, a4paper
    papersize: A4
    geometry:
      - top=20mm
      - bottom=20mm
      - left=5mm
      - right=5mm
      - heightrounded
    output-file: "reports/report_name.pdf"

When I last ran this report (Dec 2021) there was no problem. Now I'm receiving an error:

In file report.qmd
  Invalid value for `output-file`: paths are not allowed

What is the right approach now to define both an output filename and an output directory for the report to be created in?

[cderv]

Yes there was a changed in v1.2 due to this issue: #2266
output-file needs to be a file name

To control output directory for your rendering, you could leverage Quarto projects which have a output-dir configuration. (https://quarto.org/docs/reference/projects/core.html).

[Worville]

Thanks a lot for the quick reply! Will take a look.

[Worville]

Works perfectly, thanks again.

[cdugeai]

Is it possible to have different output dirs for each file of the project as we cannot specify it in output-file ?

[mcanouil]

Use output-dir but only for Quarto projects, see https://quarto.org/docs/projects/profiles.html#profile-configuration

• Output directory in quarto-cli #2171

Alternatively, use post-render scripts to copy/move contents after rendering.