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From: Sebastian Rose <sebastian_rose@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: export of .org file from within a different .org file
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:17:51 +0200
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Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi
>
> I have an org file (report.org) which creates a report.
>
> Now I want to do a few things with the resulting report, before I create
> it to run a simulation, and afterwards copy it into a directory with a
> name linked to some parameter of the simulation. I am now using a
> seperate .org file (sim.org) which essentially looks as follow:
>
> ----------------------
> * Simulate
> #+begin_src R
>   ...
> #+end_src
>
> * Create Report
> #+begin_src sh :exports results
>   emacs --batch --visit=rep.sim.org
> --execute='(org-export-as-html-and-open nil)'
> #+end_src
>
> * Do some copying
> #+begin_src sh
>   cp rep.sim.html DifferentName.html
>   ...
> #+end_src
> ----------------------
>
> As you can see, I am using sh to do a task in emacs - which is quite
> ridiculous, but I don't know how to do it in elisp. So:
>
> how can I translate
> emacs --batch --visit=rep.sim.org
> --execute='(org-export-as-html-and-open nil)'
>
> into elisp?


Could be done better maybe, but this works:

(let ((buf (find-file-noselect "~/path/to/file.org")))
  (with-current-buffer buf
    (org-export-as-html-and-open nil)
    (kill-buffer buf)))



Sebastian