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run.m: use source to execute script
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:42:57 -0500
parents ecd87194adb6
children 7b563cf94d8d
files scripts/ChangeLog scripts/miscellaneous/run.m
diffstat 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-12-19  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* miscellaneous/run.m: Use source to execute script.
+
 2010-12-18  Ben Abbott  <bpabbott@mac.com>
 
 	* plot/view.m: Return azimuth and elevation for nargin == 0.
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/run.m
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/run.m
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@
       wd = pwd ();
       unwind_protect
         cd (d);
-        if (! exist (f, "file") || ! strcmp (ext, ".m"))
+        if (! exist (cstrcat (f, ext), "file"))
           error ("run: file must exist and be a valid Octave script file");
         endif
-        evalin ("caller", [f, ";"], "rethrow (lasterror ())");
+        evalin ("caller", sprintf ("source (\"%s%s\");", f, ext),
+                "rethrow (lasterror ())");
       unwind_protect_cleanup
         cd (wd);
       end_unwind_protect
@@ -49,8 +50,9 @@
       error ("run: the path %s doesn't exist", d);
     endif
   else
-    if (exist (f, "file"))
-      evalin ("caller", [f, ";"], "rethrow (lasterror ())");
+    if (exist (s, "file"))
+      evalin ("caller", sprintf ("source (\"%s\");", s),
+              "rethrow (lasterror ())");
     else
       error ("run: %s not found", s);
     endif