Hi all, to answer the question myself is: yes --path is the right option. I wrote a build script that calls context inside a deep nested directory like this: context --path="${environmentdir}" --result=${project}.pdf ${project}.tex The variable ${environmentdir} is created by the script. Everything works fine. But now I would like to use a second path variable in a style file instead of this long relative path: \setupexternalfigures[directory={../../../hs.pub.bilder},local] Any idea how to achieve this? TIA Jan Ulrich Hasecke -- Autoren-Homepage: ......... http://literatur.hasecke.com Satiren & Essays: ......... http://www.sudelbuch.de Privater Blog: ............ http://www.hasecke.eu Netzliteratur-Projekt: .... http://www.generationenprojekt.de