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> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 22:51:05 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> > > But this does not work:
> > > 
> > > emacs --batch -eval "(load-file \"~/.emacs.d/init.el\") (dump-emacs-portable \"~/my-emacs\")"
> > > 
> > > and this does not work:
> > > 
> > > emacs --batch -eval "(setq my-var \"any\") (dump-emacs-portable \"~/my-emacs\")"
> > 
> > The argument to "-eval" should be a single sexp.
> 
> Then it implies I cannot load my configuration into Emacs to dump
> it.

No, it implies that the syntax of the argument to -eval is incorrect.

> --batch implies -q option

Yes, but what does this have to do with the issue at hand?