# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1112122133 0
# Node ID 418771cb5ab2983577715799d24ac7df5b696c49
# Parent  3c4237738c3e6ebb4f6086a8003cff3b1ad0c923
[project @ 2005-03-29 18:48:53 by jwe]

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2005-03-29  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
+	* load-save.cc (Fload, Fsave): Also accept -V4 option.
+
 	* ls-hdf5.h (hdf5_fstreambase::hdf5_fstreambase,
 	hdf5_fstreambase::open): Use & instead of == to test whether mode
 	is std::ios::in or std::ios::out.
diff --git a/src/load-save.cc b/src/load-save.cc
--- a/src/load-save.cc
+++ b/src/load-save.cc
@@ -588,9 +588,13 @@
 \n\
 @item -mat\n\
 @itemx -mat-binary\n\
-Force Octave to assume the file is in @sc{Matlab}'s binary format.\n\
+Force Octave to assume the file is in @sc{Matlab}'s version 6 binary\n\
+format.\n\
 \n\
-@item -mat4-binary\n\
+@item -V4\n\
+@itemx -v4\n\
+@itemx -4\n\
+@itemx -mat4-binary\n\
 Force Octave to assume the file is in the binary format written by\n\
 @sc{Matlab} version 4.\n\
 \n\
@@ -666,7 +670,8 @@
 	{
 	  format = LS_MAT5_BINARY;
 	}
-      else if (argv[i] == "-mat4-binary" || argv[i] == "-4" || argv[i] == "-v4")
+      else if (argv[i] == "-mat4-binary" || argv[i] == "-V4"
+	       || argv[i] == "-v4" || argv[i] == "-4")
 	{
 	  format = LS_MAT_BINARY;
 	}
@@ -1235,7 +1240,10 @@
 @itemx -mat-binary\n\
 Save the data in @sc{Matlab}'s binary data format.\n\
 \n\
-@item -mat4-binary\n\
+@item -V4\n\
+@itemx -v4\n\
+@itemx -4\n\
+@itemx -mat4-binary\n\
 Save the data in the binary format written by @sc{Matlab} version 4.\n\
 \n\
 @item -hdf5\n\
@@ -1348,7 +1356,8 @@
 	{
 	  format = LS_MAT5_BINARY;
 	}
-      else if (argv[i] == "-mat4-binary" || argv[i] == "-4" || argv[i] == "-v4")
+      else if (argv[i] == "-mat4-binary" || argv[i] == "-V4"
+	       || argv[i] == "-v4" || argv[i] == "-4")
 	{
 	  format = LS_MAT_BINARY;
 	}