LOADPATH not initialised from OCTAVE_PATH

[Markus Svensen]

Hello

As far as I understand LOADPATH should be initialised from the shell
environment variable OCTAVE_PATH, if present. However, for me, this does
not seem to happen, and I can find any reason why; I've tried omitting
various initialisation files, but that does not seem to help. 

Any ideas, anyone?

Markus Svensen

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octave:2> LOADPATH 
LOADPATH = :/usr/local/share/octave/site-m//:
octave:3> str = system("printenv OCTAVE_PATH")
str = 
.:/home/finnwal1/svensen/octave/code/linux/:/home/finnwal1/svensen/octave/code/m//:

octave:4> octave_config_info
ans =
{
  bindir = /usr/bin
  imagepath = .:/usr/share/octave/2.0.13.95/imagelib//
  F2CFLAGS = 
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  CPPFLAGS = 
  CFLAGS = -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee-fp -O2
  CXXFLAGS = -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee-fp -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions 
-fno-implicit-templates -O2
  LEXLIB = 
  datadir = /usr/share
  localfcnfiledir = /usr/share/octave/site/m
  CPICFLAG = -fPIC
  CXXPICFLAG = -fPIC
  exec_prefix = /usr
  startupfiledir = /usr/share/octave/2.0.13.95/m/startup
  TERMLIBS = -lncurses
  LIBS = -ldl -lm 
  LIBPLPLOT = 
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-DF77_APPEND_UNDERSCORE=1 -DOCTAVE_LITE=1 -DSIZEOF_SHORT=2 -DSIZEOF_INT=4 
-DSIZEOF_LONG=4 -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H=1 -DHAVE_ALLOCA=1 -DNPOS=string::npos 
-DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1 -DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H=1 
-DHAVE_ASSERT_H=1 -DHAVE_CURSES_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H=1 
-DHAVE_FLOAT_H=1 -DHAVE_FNMATCH_H=1 -DHAVE_GLOB_H=1 -DHAVE_GRP_H=1 
-DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_NAN_H=1 -DHAVE_NCURSES_H=1 
-DHAVE_PWD_H=1 -DHAVE_SGTTY_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 
-DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SELECT_H=1 
-DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIMES_H=1 
-DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H=1 -DHAVE_TERMCAP_H=1 
-DHAVE_TERMIO_H=1 -DHAVE_TERMIOS_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_VARARGS_H=1 
-DHAVE_ATEXIT=1 -DHAVE_BCOPY=1 -DHAVE_BZERO=1 -DHAVE_DUP2=1 -DHAVE_ENDGRENT=1 
-DHAVE_ENDPWENT=1 -DHAVE_EXECVP=1 -DHAVE_FCNTL=1 -DHAVE_FORK=1 -DHAVE_GETCWD=1 
-DHAVE_GETEGID=1 -DHAVE_GETEUID=1 -DHAVE_GETGID=1 -DHAVE_GETGRENT=1 
-DHAVE_GETGRGID=1 -DHAVE_GETGRNAM=1 -DHAVE_GETHOSTNAME=1 -DHAVE_GETPGRP=1 
-DHAVE_GETPID=1 -DHAVE_GETPPID=1 -DHAVE_GETPWENT=1 -DHAVE_GETPWNAM=1 
-DHAVE_GETPWUID=1 -DHAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY=1 -DHAVE_GETUID=1 -DHAVE_GETWD=1 
-DHAVE_LSTAT=1 -DHAVE_MEMMOVE=1 -DHAVE_MKDIR=1 -DHAVE_MKFIFO=1 -DHAVE_ON_EXIT=1 
-DHAVE_PIPE=1 -DHAVE_PUTENV=1 -DHAVE_RENAME=1 -DHAVE_RINDEX=1 -DHAVE_RMDIR=1 
-DHAVE_SETGRENT=1 -DHAVE_SETPWENT=1 -DHAVE_SETVBUF=1 -DHAVE_SIGACTION=1 
-DHAVE_SIGPENDING=1 -DHAVE_SIGPROCMASK=1 -DHAVE_SIGSUSPEND=1 -DHAVE_STAT=1 
-DHAVE_STRCASECMP=1 -DHAVE_STRDUP=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -DHAVE_STRNCASECMP=1 
-DHAVE_TEMPNAM=1 -DHAVE_UMASK=1 -DHAVE_UNLINK=1 -DHAVE_USLEEP=1 
-DHAVE_VFPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_VSPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_WAITPID=1 -DSMART_PUTENV=1 
-DHAVE_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME=1 -DHAVE_LIBDL=1 -DHAVE_DLOPEN=1 -DHAVE_DLSYM=1 
-DHAVE_DLERROR=1 -DHAVE_DLCLOSE=1 -DWITH_DL=1 -DWITH_DYNAMIC_LINKING=1 
-DHAVE_FINITE=1 -DHAVE_ISNAN=1 -DHAVE_ISINF=1 -DHAVE_ACOSH=1 -DHAVE_ASINH=1 
-DHAVE_ATANH=1 -DHAVE_ERF=1 -DHAVE_ERFC=1 -DHAVE_ST_BLKSIZE=1 
-DHAVE_ST_BLOCKS=1 -DHAVE_ST_RDEV=1 -DHAVE_TM_ZONE=1 -DHAVE_GR_PASSWD=1 
-DEXCEPTION_IN_MATH=1 -DRETSIGTYPE=void -DSYS_SIGLIST_DECLARED=1 
-DHAVE_SYS_SIGLIST=1 -DHAVE_POSIX_SIGNALS=1 -DHAVE_GETRUSAGE=1 -DHAVE_TIMES=1 
-DGNUPLOT_HAS_MULTIPLOT=1 -DGNUPLOT_HAS_FRAMES=1
  default_pager = less
  infodir = /usr/info
  FFLAGS = -O2
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  CXX = c++ 2.91.60 19981201 (egcs-1.1.1 release)
  RLD_FLAG = -Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker /usr/lib/octave-2.0.13.95
  dld = 1
  archlibdir = /usr/lib/octave/2.0.13.95/exec/i386-pc-linux-gnu
  fcnfilepath = 
.:/usr/lib/octave/site/oct/i386-pc-linux-gnu//:/usr/share/octave/site/m//:/usr/lib/octave/2.0.13.95/oct/i386-pc-linux-gnu//:/usr/share/octave/2.0.13.95/m//
  F77 = g77
  FPICFLAG = -fPIC
  LIBFLAGS = -L/usr/lib/octave-2.0.13.95
  localstartupfiledir = /usr/share/octave/site/m/startup
  octfiledir = /usr/lib/octave/2.0.13.95/oct/i386-pc-linux-gnu
  configure_options = --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib 
--with-g77 --enable-dl --enable-shared --enable-lite-kernel --host i386-linux
  LDFLAGS = -s
  prefix = /usr
  libdir = /usr/lib
  fcnfiledir = /usr/share/octave/2.0.13.95/m
  localoctfilepath = /usr/lib/octave/site/oct/i386-pc-linux-gnu//
  canonical_host_type = i386-pc-linux-gnu
  CC = egcc 2.7.2.3
  LIBDLFCN = 
  localfcnfilepath = /usr/share/octave/site/m//
  localarchlibdir = /usr/lib/octave/site/exec/i386-pc-linux-gnu
  INCFLAGS = -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/octave-2.0.13.95
}

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