# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1199910453 0
# Node ID c3d1d911dfa821bfb4fcbb187819a1ee29072b3b
# Parent  e20f4ad90c7e84aaf3f1897800237da369b9b514
[3-0-0-branch @ 2008-01-09 20:27:33 by jwe]

diff --git a/scripts/ChangeLog b/scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-09  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* plot/drawnow.m: Fail if filename includes a directory part that
+	does not exist.
+
+
 2008-01-07  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* miscellaneous/copyfile.m, miscellaneous/movefile.m:
diff --git a/scripts/plot/drawnow.m b/scripts/plot/drawnow.m
--- a/scripts/plot/drawnow.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/drawnow.m
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
     endif
 
     if (nargin >= 2 && nargin <= 4)
+      [dnm, fnm, ext] = fileparts (file);
+      if (! (isempty (dnm) || isdir (dnm)))
+	error ("drawnow: nonexistent directory `%s'", dnm);
+      endif
       h = get (0, "currentfigure");
       if (h)
 	f = get (h);