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/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton This file is part of Octave. Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H #include <config.h> #endif #include <cassert> #include <cerrno> #include <cstdlib> #include <cstring> #include <new> #include <fstream> #include <iostream> #include <string> #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H #include <sys/types.h> #endif #include <unistd.h> #endif #include "cmd-edit.h" #include "file-ops.h" #include "lo-error.h" #include "lo-mappers.h" #include "lo-sstream.h" #include "oct-env.h" #include "quit.h" #include "str-vec.h" #include <defaults.h> #include "defun.h" #include "error.h" #include "file-io.h" #include "input.h" #include "lex.h" #include <oct-conf.h> #include "oct-hist.h" #include "oct-map.h" #include "oct-obj.h" #include "pager.h" #include "parse.h" #include "pathsearch.h" #include "procstream.h" #include "ov.h" #include "pt-jump.h" #include "pt-plot.h" #include "pt-stmt.h" #include "sighandlers.h" #include "sysdep.h" #include "syswait.h" #include "toplev.h" #include "unwind-prot.h" #include "utils.h" #include "variables.h" #include <version.h> // TRUE means we are exiting via the builtin exit or quit functions. static bool quitting_gracefully = false; // TRUE means we are ready to interpret commands, but not everything // is ready for interactive use. bool octave_interpreter_ready = false; // TRUE means we've processed all the init code and we are good to go. bool octave_initialized = false; // Current command to execute. tree_statement_list *global_command = 0; // Pointer to function that is currently being evaluated. octave_user_function *curr_function = 0; // Pointer to parent function that is currently being evaluated. octave_user_function *curr_parent_function = 0; static void recover_from_exception (void) { can_interrupt = true; octave_interrupt_immediately = 0; octave_interrupt_state = 0; octave_allocation_error = 0; octave_restore_signal_mask (); octave_catch_interrupts (); } int main_loop (const std::string& fun_to_call) { octave_save_signal_mask (); if (octave_set_current_context) { #if defined (USE_EXCEPTIONS_FOR_INTERRUPTS) panic_impossible (); #else unwind_protect::run_all (); raw_mode (0); std::cout << "\n"; octave_restore_signal_mask (); #endif } can_interrupt = true; octave_interrupt_hook = unwind_protect::run_all; octave_bad_alloc_hook = unwind_protect::run_all; octave_catch_interrupts (); octave_initialized = true; if (! fun_to_call.empty ()) feval (fun_to_call); // The big loop. int retval = 0; do { try { curr_sym_tab = top_level_sym_tab; reset_error_handler (); reset_parser (); retval = yyparse (); if (retval == 0) { if (global_command) { global_command->eval (); delete global_command; global_command = 0; OCTAVE_QUIT; if (! (interactive || forced_interactive)) { bool quit = (tree_return_command::returning || tree_break_command::breaking); if (tree_return_command::returning) tree_return_command::returning = 0; if (tree_break_command::breaking) tree_break_command::breaking--; if (quit) break; } if (error_state) { if (! (interactive || forced_interactive)) { // We should exit with a non-zero status. retval = 1; break; } } else { if (octave_completion_matches_called) octave_completion_matches_called = false; else command_editor::increment_current_command_number (); } } else if (parser_end_of_input) break; } } catch (octave_interrupt_exception) { recover_from_exception (); std::cout << "\n"; } catch (std::bad_alloc) { recover_from_exception (); std::cerr << "error: memory exhausted -- trying to return to prompt\n"; } } while (retval == 0); return retval; } // Fix up things before exiting. void clean_up_and_exit (int retval) { do_octave_atexit (); exit (retval == EOF ? 0 : retval); } DEFCMD (casesen, args, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ @deffn {Command} casesen arg\n\ Provided for compatibility with Matlab, but does nothing.\n\ @end deffn") { octave_value_list retval; int argc = args.length () + 1; string_vector argv = args.make_argv ("casesen"); if (error_state) return retval; if (argc == 1 || (argc > 1 && argv[1] == "off")) warning ("casesen: sorry, Octave is always case sensitive"); else if (argc > 1 && argv[1] == "on") ; // ok. else print_usage ("casesen"); return retval; } DEFUN (computer, args, nargout, "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ @deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} computer ()\n\ Print or return a string of the form @var{cpu}-@var{vendor}-@var{os}\n\ that identifies the kind of computer Octave is running on. If invoked\n\ with an output argument, the value is returned instead of printed. For\n\ example,\n\ \n\ @example\n\ @group\n\ computer ()\n\ @print{} i586-pc-linux-gnu\n\ \n\ x = computer ()\n\ @result{} x = \"i586-pc-linux-gnu\"\n\ @end group\n\ @end example\n\ @end deftypefn") { octave_value retval; int nargin = args.length (); if (nargin != 0) warning ("computer: ignoring extra arguments"); std::string msg; if (strcmp (OCTAVE_CANONICAL_HOST_TYPE, "unknown") == 0) msg = "Hi Dave, I'm a HAL-9000"; else msg = OCTAVE_CANONICAL_HOST_TYPE; if (nargout == 0) octave_stdout << msg << "\n"; else retval = msg; return retval; } DEFUN (quit, args, nargout, "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ @deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} exit (@var{status})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} quit (@var{status})\n\ Exit the current Octave session. If the optional integer value\n\ @var{status} is supplied, pass that value to the operating system as the\n\ Octave's exit status.\n\ @end deftypefn") { octave_value_list retval; if (nargout == 0) { int exit_status = 0; quitting_gracefully = true; if (args.length () > 0) { int tmp = args(0).nint_value (); if (! error_state) exit_status = tmp; } clean_up_and_exit (exit_status); } else error ("quit: invalid number of output arguments"); return retval; } DEFALIAS (exit, quit); DEFUN (warranty, , , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ @deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} warranty ()\n\ Describe the conditions for copying and distributing Octave.\n\ @end deftypefn") { octave_value_list retval; octave_stdout << "\n" \ OCTAVE_NAME_VERSION_AND_COPYRIGHT "\n\ \n\ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify\n\ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by\n\ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or\n\ (at your option) any later version.\n\ \n\ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\n\ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\n\ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the\n\ GNU General Public License for more details.\n\ \n\ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License\n\ along with this program. If not, write to the Free Software\n\ Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.\n\ \n"; return retval; } // Execute a shell command. static void cleanup_iprocstream (void *p) { iprocstream *cmd = static_cast<iprocstream *> (p); octave_child_list::remove (cmd->pid ()); delete cmd; } static octave_value_list run_command_and_return_output (const std::string& cmd_str) { octave_value_list retval; iprocstream *cmd = new iprocstream (cmd_str.c_str ()); if (cmd) { unwind_protect::add (cleanup_iprocstream, cmd); if (*cmd) { OSSTREAM output_buf; // XXX FIXME XXX -- Perhaps we should read more than one // character at a time and find a way to avoid the call to // octave_usleep as well? // This is a bit of a kluge... octave_usleep (100); char ch; for (;;) { if (cmd->get (ch)) output_buf.put (ch); else { if (! cmd->eof () && errno == EAGAIN) { cmd->clear (); octave_usleep (100); } else break; } } int cmd_status = cmd->close (); if (WIFEXITED (cmd_status)) cmd_status = WEXITSTATUS (cmd_status); else cmd_status = 127; output_buf << OSSTREAM_ENDS; retval(1) = (double) cmd_status; retval(0) = OSSTREAM_STR (output_buf); OSSTREAM_FREEZE (output_buf); } unwind_protect::run (); } else error ("unable to start subprocess for `%s'", cmd_str.c_str ()); return retval; } DEFUN (system, args, nargout, "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ @deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} system (@var{string}, @var{return_output}, @var{type})\n\ Execute a shell command specified by @var{string}. The second\n\ argument is optional. If @var{type} is @code{\"async\"}, the process\n\ is started in the background and the process id of the child process\n\ is returned immediately. Otherwise, the process is started, and\n\ Octave waits until it exits. If @var{type} argument is omitted, a\n\ value of @code{\"sync\"} is assumed.\n\ \n\ If two input arguments are given (the actual value of\n\ @var{return_output} is irrelevant) and the subprocess is started\n\ synchronously, or if @var{system} is called with one input argument and\n\ one or more output arguments, the output from the command is returned.\n\ Otherwise, if the subprocess is executed synchronously, it's output is\n\ sent to the standard output. To send the output of a command executed\n\ with @var{system} through the pager, use a command like\n\ \n\ @example\n\ disp (system (cmd, 1));\n\ @end example\n\ \n\ @noindent\n\ or\n\ \n\ @example\n\ printf (\"%s\n\", system (cmd, 1));\n\ @end example\n\ \n\ The @code{system} function can return two values. The first is any\n\ output from the command that was written to the standard output stream,\n\ and the second is the output status of the command. For example,\n\ \n\ @example\n\ [output, status] = system (\"echo foo; exit 2\");\n\ @end example\n\ \n\ @noindent\n\ will set the variable @code{output} to the string @samp{foo}, and the\n\ variable @code{status} to the integer @samp{2}.\n\ @end deftypefn") { octave_value_list retval; unwind_protect::begin_frame ("Fsystem"); int nargin = args.length (); if (nargin > 0 && nargin < 4) { bool return_output = (nargout > 0 || nargin > 1); std::string cmd_str = args(0).string_value (); enum exec_type { sync, async }; exec_type type = sync; if (! error_state) { if (nargin > 2) { std::string type_str = args(2).string_value (); if (! error_state) { if (type_str == "sync") type = sync; else if (type_str == "async") type = async; else error ("system: third arg must be \"sync\" or \"async\""); } else error ("system: third argument must be a string"); } } else error ("system: expecting std::string as first argument"); if (! error_state) { if (type == async) { #ifdef HAVE_FORK pid_t pid = fork (); if (pid < 0) error ("system: fork failed -- can't create child process"); else if (pid == 0) { // XXX FIXME XXX -- should probably replace this // call with something portable. execl ("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", cmd_str.c_str (), 0); panic_impossible (); } else retval(0) = pid; #else error ("asynchronous system calls are not supported"); #endif } else if (return_output) retval = run_command_and_return_output (cmd_str); else { int status = system (cmd_str.c_str ()); // The value in status is as returned by waitpid. If // the process exited normally, extract the actual exit // status of the command. Otherwise, return 127 as a // failure code. if (WIFEXITED (status)) status = WEXITSTATUS (status); retval(0) = status; } } } else print_usage ("system"); unwind_protect::run_frame ("Fsystem"); return retval; } DEFALIAS (shell_cmd, system); // XXX FIXME XXX -- this should really be static, but that causes // problems on some systems. std::stack<std::string> octave_atexit_functions; void do_octave_atexit (void) { static bool deja_vu = false; while (! octave_atexit_functions.empty ()) { std::string fcn = octave_atexit_functions.top (); octave_atexit_functions.pop (); feval (fcn, octave_value_list (), 0); flush_octave_stdout (); } if (! deja_vu) { deja_vu = true; command_editor::restore_terminal_state (); // XXX FIXME XXX -- is this needed? Can it cause any trouble? raw_mode (0); command_history::clean_up_and_save (); close_plot_stream (); close_files (); cleanup_tmp_files (); flush_octave_stdout (); if (!quitting_gracefully && (interactive || forced_interactive)) std::cout << "\n"; } } DEFUN (atexit, args, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ @deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} atexit (@var{fcn})\n\ Register a function to be called when Octave exits. For example,\n\ \n\ @example\n\ @group\n\ function print_fortune ()\n\ printf (\"\\n%s\\n\", system (\"fortune\"));\n\ fflush (stdout);\n\ endfunction\n\ atexit (\"print_fortune\");\n\ @end group\n\ @end example\n\ \n\ @noindent\n\ will print a message when Octave exits.\n\ @end deftypefn") { octave_value_list retval; int nargin = args.length (); if (nargin == 1) { #if defined (HAVE_ATEXIT) || defined (HAVE_ON_EXIT) std::string arg = args(0).string_value (); if (! error_state) octave_atexit_functions.push (arg); else error ("atexit: argument must be a string"); #else gripe_not_supported ("atexit"); #endif } else print_usage ("atexit"); return retval; } DEFUN (octave_config_info, args, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ @deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} octave_config_info (@var{option})\n\ Return a structure containing configuration and installation\n\ information for Octave.\n\ \n\ if @var{option} is a string, return the configuration information for the\n\ specified option.\n\ \n\ @end deftypefn") { octave_value retval; #if defined (ENABLE_DYNAMIC_LINKING) bool octave_supports_dynamic_linking = true; #else bool octave_supports_dynamic_linking = false; #endif // We do it this way instead of using a series of "m[KEY](0) = VAL" // statements to avoid problems with gcc 2.96 (and possibly other // compilers) that can't handle a long series of lines like that. static bool initialized = false; static Octave_map m; static const char * const conf_info[] = { "ALL_CFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_ALL_CFLAGS, "ALL_CXXFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_ALL_CXXFLAGS, "ALL_FFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_ALL_FFLAGS, "ALL_LDFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_ALL_LDFLAGS, "AR", OCTAVE_CONF_AR, "ARFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_ARFLAGS, "BLAS_LIBS", OCTAVE_CONF_BLAS_LIBS, "CC", OCTAVE_CONF_CC, "CC_VERSION", OCTAVE_CONF_CC_VERSION, "CFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_CFLAGS, "CPICFLAG", OCTAVE_CONF_CPICFLAG, "CPPFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_CPPFLAGS, "CXX", OCTAVE_CONF_CXX, "CXXCPP", OCTAVE_CONF_CXXCPP, "CXXFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_CXXFLAGS, "CXXPICFLAG", OCTAVE_CONF_CXXPICFLAG, "CXX_VERSION", OCTAVE_CONF_CXX_VERSION, "DEFAULT_PAGER", OCTAVE_DEFAULT_PAGER, "DLFCN_INCFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_DLFCN_INCFLAGS, "EXEEXT", OCTAVE_CONF_EXEEXT, "F2C", OCTAVE_CONF_F2C, "F2CFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_F2CFLAGS, "F77", OCTAVE_CONF_F77, "FC", OCTAVE_CONF_FC, "FFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_FFLAGS, "FFTW_LIBS", OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW_LIBS, "FLIBS", OCTAVE_CONF_FLIBS, "FPICFLAG", OCTAVE_CONF_FPICFLAG, "GLOB_INCFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_GLOB_INCFLAGS, "INCFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_INCFLAGS, "LDFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_LDFLAGS, "LD_CXX", OCTAVE_CONF_LD_CXX, "LD_STATIC_FLAG", OCTAVE_CONF_LD_STATIC_FLAG, "LEX", OCTAVE_CONF_LEX, "LEXLIB", OCTAVE_CONF_LEXLIB, "LFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_LFLAGS, "LIBCRUFT", OCTAVE_CONF_LIBCRUFT, "LIBDLFCN", OCTAVE_CONF_LIBDLFCN, "LIBEXT", OCTAVE_CONF_LIBEXT, "LIBFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_LIBFLAGS, "LIBGLOB", OCTAVE_CONF_LIBGLOB, "LIBOCTAVE", OCTAVE_CONF_LIBOCTAVE, "LIBOCTINTERP", OCTAVE_CONF_LIBOCTINTERP, "LIBPLPLOT", OCTAVE_CONF_LIBPLPLOT, "LIBREADLINE", OCTAVE_CONF_LIBREADLINE, "LIBS", OCTAVE_CONF_LIBS, "LN_S", OCTAVE_CONF_LN_S, "MKOCTFILE_INCFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_MKOCTFILE_INCFLAGS, "MKOCTFILE_LFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_MKOCTFILE_LFLAGS, "MKOCTFILE_SH_LDFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_MKOCTFILE_SH_LDFLAGS, "RANLIB", OCTAVE_CONF_RANLIB, "RDYNAMIC_FLAG", OCTAVE_CONF_RDYNAMIC_FLAG, "RLD_FLAG", OCTAVE_CONF_RLD_FLAG, "RUNTEST", OCTAVE_CONF_RUNTEST, "SED", OCTAVE_CONF_SED, "SHARED_LIBS", OCTAVE_CONF_SHARED_LIBS, "SHLEXT", OCTAVE_CONF_SHLEXT, "SHLEXT_VER", OCTAVE_CONF_SHLEXT_VER, "SH_LD", OCTAVE_CONF_SH_LD, "SH_LDFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_SH_LDFLAGS, "SONAME_FLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_SONAME_FLAGS, "STATIC_LIBS", OCTAVE_CONF_STATIC_LIBS, "DEFS", OCTAVE_CONF_DEFS, "UGLY_DEFS", OCTAVE_CONF_UGLY_DEFS, "ENABLE_DYNAMIC_LINKING", OCTAVE_CONF_ENABLE_DYNAMIC_LINKING, "XTRA_CFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_XTRA_CFLAGS, "XTRA_CXXFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_XTRA_CXXFLAGS, "YACC", OCTAVE_CONF_YACC, "YFLAGS", OCTAVE_CONF_YFLAGS, "archlibdir", OCTAVE_ARCHLIBDIR, "bindir", OCTAVE_BINDIR, "canonical_host_type", OCTAVE_CANONICAL_HOST_TYPE, "config_opts", OCTAVE_CONF_config_opts, "datadir", OCTAVE_DATADIR, "exec_prefix", OCTAVE_EXEC_PREFIX, "fcnfiledir", OCTAVE_FCNFILEDIR, "fcnfilepath", OCTAVE_FCNFILEPATH, "imagedir", OCTAVE_IMAGEDIR, "imagepath", OCTAVE_IMAGEPATH, "includedir", OCTAVE_INCLUDEDIR, "infodir", OCTAVE_INFODIR, "infofile", OCTAVE_INFOFILE, "libdir", OCTAVE_LIBDIR, "libexecdir", OCTAVE_LIBEXECDIR, "localarchlibdir", OCTAVE_LOCALARCHLIBDIR, "localfcnfiledir", OCTAVE_LOCALFCNFILEDIR, "localfcnfilepath", OCTAVE_LOCALFCNFILEPATH, "localoctfiledir", OCTAVE_LOCALOCTFILEDIR, "localoctfilepath", OCTAVE_LOCALOCTFILEPATH, "localstartupfiledir", OCTAVE_LOCALSTARTUPFILEDIR, "localverarchlibdir", OCTAVE_LOCALVERARCHLIBDIR, "localverfcnfiledir", OCTAVE_LOCALVERFCNFILEDIR, "localveroctfiledir", OCTAVE_LOCALVEROCTFILEDIR, "man1dir", OCTAVE_MAN1DIR, "man1ext", OCTAVE_MAN1EXT, "mandir", OCTAVE_MANDIR, "octfiledir", OCTAVE_OCTFILEDIR, "octincludedir", OCTAVE_OCTINCLUDEDIR, "octlibdir", OCTAVE_OCTLIBDIR, "prefix", OCTAVE_PREFIX, "startupfiledir", OCTAVE_STARTUPFILEDIR, "version", OCTAVE_VERSION, 0, 0 }; if (! initialized) { m ["dld"](0) = octave_value (octave_supports_dynamic_linking); int i = 0; while (true) { const char *key = conf_info[i++]; if (key) m [key](0) = octave_value (conf_info[i++]); else break; } initialized = true; } int nargin = args.length (); if (nargin == 1) { std::string arg = args(0).string_value (); if (! error_state) retval = m [arg.c_str ()](0); } else if (nargin == 0) retval = m; else print_usage ("octave_config_info"); return retval; } #if defined (__GNUG__) && defined (DEBUG_NEW_DELETE) int debug_new_delete = 0; typedef void (*vfp)(void); extern vfp __new_handler; void * __builtin_new (size_t sz) { void *p; /* malloc (0) is unpredictable; avoid it. */ if (sz == 0) sz = 1; p = malloc (sz); while (p == 0) { (*__new_handler) (); p = malloc (sz); } if (debug_new_delete) std::cout << "__builtin_new: " << p << std::endl; return p; } void __builtin_delete (void *ptr) { if (debug_new_delete) std::cout << "__builtin_delete: " << ptr << std::endl; if (ptr) free (ptr); } #endif void symbols_of_toplev (void) { DEFCONST (argv, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ @defvr {Built-in Variable} argv\n\ The command line arguments passed to Octave are available in this\n\ variable. For example, if you invoked Octave using the command\n\ \n\ @example\n\ octave --no-line-editing --silent\n\ @end example\n\ \n\ @noindent\n\ @code{argv} would be a cell array of strings with the elements\n\ @code{--no-line-editing} and @code{--silent}.\n\ \n\ If you write an executable Octave script, @code{argv} will contain the\n\ list of arguments passed to the script. @xref{Executable Octave Programs},\n\ for an example of how to create an executable Octave script.\n\ @end defvr"); DEFCONST (program_invocation_name, octave_env::get_program_invocation_name (), "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ @defvr {Built-in Variable} program_invocation_name\n\ @defvrx {Built-in Variable} program_name\n\ When Octave starts, the value of the built-in variable\n\ @code{program_invocation_name} is automatically set to the name that was\n\ typed at the shell prompt to run Octave, and the value of\n\ @code{program_name} is automatically set to the final component of\n\ @code{program_invocation_name}. For example, if you typed\n\ @samp{@value{OCTAVEHOME}/bin/octave} to start Octave,\n\ @code{program_invocation_name} would have the value\n\ @code{\"@value{OCTAVEHOME}/bin/octave\"}, and @code{program_name} would\n\ have the value @code{\"octave\"}.\n\ \n\ If executing a script from the command line (e.g., @code{octave foo.m})\n\ or using an executable Octave script, the program name is set to the\n\ name of the script. @xref{Executable Octave Programs}, for an example of\n\ how to create an executable Octave script.\n\ @end defvr"); DEFCONST (program_name, octave_env::get_program_name (), "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ @defvr {Built-in Variable} program_invocation_name\n\ @defvrx {Built-in Variable} program_name\n\ When Octave starts, the value of the built-in variable\n\ @code{program_invocation_name} is automatically set to the name that was\n\ typed at the shell prompt to run Octave, and the value of\n\ @code{program_name} is automatically set to the final component of\n\ @code{program_invocation_name}. For example, if you typed\n\ @samp{@value{OCTAVEHOME}/bin/octave} to start Octave,\n\ @code{program_invocation_name} would have the value\n\ @code{\"@value{OCTAVEHOME}/bin/octave\"}, and @code{program_name} would\n\ have the value @code{\"octave\"}.\n\ \n\ If executing a script from the command line (e.g., @code{octave foo.m})\n\ or using an executable Octave script, the program name is set to the\n\ name of the script. @xref{Executable Octave Programs}, for an example of\n\ how to create an executable Octave script.\n\ @end defvr"); } /* ;;; Local Variables: *** ;;; mode: C++ *** ;;; End: *** */