# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1162364455 0
# Node ID 0c6ac2882e102d15c72f7ca621dac565b615e34c
# Parent  3e7802d421720b4733a30809356f6111e54f61c7
[project @ 2006-11-01 07:00:48 by jwe]

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-11-01  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* run-octave.in: eval the exec, to avoid passing "" on the command line.
+
 2006-10-29  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* run-octave.in: Handle spaces in directory names.
diff --git a/run-octave.in b/run-octave.in
--- a/run-octave.in
+++ b/run-octave.in
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@
   fi
 fi
 
-if [ -n "$args" ]; then
-  set - "$args" "$@"
-fi
-
 OCTAVE_SITE_INITFILE="$top_srcdir/scripts/startup/main-rcfile" \
 %library_path_var%="$builddir/src:$builddir/liboctave:$builddir/libcruft:$%library_path_var%" \
-  exec $driver "$builddir/src/octave" "$@"
+  eval exec $driver "$builddir/src/octave" "$args" "$@"