## Copyright (C) 2008 Ben Abbott
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} __finish__ ()
## Checks for the existence of the function/script, @file{finish}, in the 
## path or current working directory and executes it. This function is
## intended to be excecuted upon a clean exit form Octave.
##
## This functin is intended to be called upon a clean exit from Octave.
## This is accomplished in the system script @file{startup/octaverc} by 
## use of the built in function @code{onexit}.
## @seealso{octaverc, onexit}
## @end deftypefn

function __finish__ ()

  if (exist ("finish", "file"))
    ## No arg list here since finish might be a script.
    finish;
  endif

endfunction