## Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007 Bill Denney
## Copyright (C) 2007 Ben Abbott
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{val} =} __extractpath__ (@var{file})
## Extact the path information from the script/function @var{file},
## created by @file{savepath.m}. If @var{file} is omitted, 
## @file{~/.octaverc} is used.  If successful, @code{__extractpath__}
## returns the path specified in @var{file}.
## @seealso{path, addpath, rmpath, genpath, pathdef, savepath, pathsep}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Ben Abbott <bpabbott@mac.com>

function specifiedpath = __extractpath__ (savefile)

  ## The majority of this code was borrowed from savepath.m.
  ## FIXME -- is there some way to share the common parts instead of
  ## duplicating?

  beginstring = "## Begin savepath auto-created section, do not edit";
  endstring   = "## End savepath auto-created section";

  if (nargin == 0)
    savefile = tilde_expand ("~/.octaverc");
  endif

  ## Parse the file if it exists to see if we should replace a section
  ## or create a section.
  startline = 0;
  endline = 0;
  filelines = {};
  if (exist (savefile) == 2)
    ## read in all lines of the file
    [fid, msg] = fopen (savefile, "rt");
    if (fid < 0)
      error ("__extractpath__: could not open savefile, %s: %s", savefile, msg);
    endif
    unwind_protect
      linenum = 0;
      while (linenum >= 0)
	result = fgetl (fid);
	if (isnumeric (result))
	  ## End at the end of file.
	  linenum = -1;
	else
	  linenum++;
	  filelines{linenum} = result;
	  ## Find the first and last lines if they exist in the file.
	  if (strcmp (result, beginstring))
	    startline = linenum + 1;
	  elseif (strcmp (result, endstring))
	    endline = linenum - 1;
	  endif
	endif
      endwhile
    unwind_protect_cleanup
      closeread = fclose (fid);
      if (closeread < 0)
	error ("savepath: could not close savefile after reading, %s",
	       savefile);
      endif
    end_unwind_protect
  endif

  ## Extract the path specifiation.
  if (startline > endline || (startline > 0 && endline == 0))
    error ("savepath: unable to parse file, %s", savefile);
  elseif (startline > 0)
    ## Undo doubling of single quote characters performed by savepath.
    specifiedpath = strrep (regexprep (strcat (filelines(startline:endline){:}),
				       " *path *\\('(.*)'\\); *", "$1"),
			    "''", "'");
  else
    specifiedpath = "";
  endif

endfunction