Thanks Wolfgang. I have two remarks:

That option is not documented and cannot be found when I type context into my command line and press enter. Do you know why this is?
I tried the following context --runpath=test test/test.tex but it still dumps all the output (.log, .pdf and .tuc) into my current directory. I would like for it to get dumped inside the test directory...

On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 at 18:39, Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

A A via ntg-context schrieb am 30.03.2022 um 18:24:
> Dear All,
>
> I would like to ask whether there exists a command line option to the
> context executable which would allow me to specify the directory in
> which I would like my output to be dumped.
>
> I have noticed that if I call the executable outside the directory in
> which the .tex file resides, my supporting files (and resulting pdf)
> are dumped outside the directory in which the .tex file is located.

context --runpath=... filename

Wolfgang