# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1108471704 0
# Node ID dd07ee8af4b3c93d8c51a8903ec4f8cd3c75773b
# Parent  25b090e1be9f3cdd1df5f60fbc58873707311987
[project @ 2005-02-15 12:48:24 by jwe]

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2005-02-15  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
+	* dirfns.cc (deftypefn): Don't print to octave_stdout if nargout > 0.
+
 	* pt-mat.cc (tree_matrix::rvalue): Min size of ra_idx is 2.
 
 	* file-io.cc (Ffclear): New function.
diff --git a/src/dirfns.cc b/src/dirfns.cc
--- a/src/dirfns.cc
+++ b/src/dirfns.cc
@@ -191,18 +191,19 @@
       for (;;)
 	{
 	  if (cmd->get (ch))
-	    {
-	      octave_stdout << ch;
-	      output_buf << ch;
-	    }
+	    output_buf << ch;
 	  else
 	    break;
 	}
 
       output_buf << OSSTREAM_ENDS;
 
+      std::string output = OSSTREAM_STR (output_buf);
+
       if (nargout > 0)
-	retval = OSSTREAM_STR (output_buf);
+	retval = output;
+      else
+	octave_stdout << output;
 
       OSSTREAM_FREEZE (output_buf);
     }