Enda writes: > emacs --batch --visit=index.org --funcall org-export-as-html-batch > > all the .el scripts in /etc/emacs/site-start.d/ get called which > takes > time, since all of these are unnecessary except 50org-mode.el, is > there is way to only load 50org-mode.el Bastien writes: >Untested: > >emacs -Q --batch --visit=index.org -l \ >/etc/emacs/site-start.d/50org-mode.el \ >--funcall org-export-as-html-batch > >HTH, This worked: emacs -Q --batch --visit=index.org --funcall org-export-as-html-batch It did not require the -l  /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50org-mode.el. Best wishes, Enda