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path command (fwd)


From: John Spiesberger
Subject: path command (fwd)
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 14:28:50 -0500

Hi,

I sent this message about an hour ago, but have now
figured out how to send you more information using
octave_config_info .


I am puzzled as to why the "path" command no longer works
for GNU Octave, version 2.1.57 (powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0).
It worked a month ago on this computer, but now it just says:
octave:1> path
error: `path' undefined near line 1 column 1

So it somehow does not recognize this command anymore.
On my PC with linux it works fine:
octave:2> path

Octave's search path contains the following directories:

  .
  /usr/local/libexec/octave/2.1.57/site/oct/i686-pc-linux-gnu//
  /usr/local/libexec/octave/site/oct/api-v8/i686-pc-linux-gnu//
  /usr/local/libexec/octave/site/oct/i686-pc-linux-gnu//
  /usr/local/share/octave/2.1.57/site/m//
  /usr/local/share/octave/site/api-v8/m//
  /usr/local/share/octave/site/m//
  /usr/local/libexec/octave/2.1.57/oct/i686-pc-linux-gnu//
  /usr/local/share/octave/2.1.57/m//

Here is the result of using octave_config_info

ans =
{
  ALL_CFLAGS = -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc
-I../glob -I../glob -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -Wall -W -Wshadow -g
-O2
  ALL_CXXFLAGS = -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc
-I../glob -I../glob -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -Wall -W -Wshadow -
g -O2
  ALL_FFLAGS = -O
  ALL_LDFLAGS = -L..
  AR = ar
  ARFLAGS = rc
  BLAS_LIBS =
  CC = /site/gcc32/bin/gcc
  CC_VERSION = 3.2
  CFLAGS = -g -O2
  CPICFLAG =
  CPPFLAGS =
  CXX = /site/gcc32/bin/g++
  CXXCPP = /site/gcc32/bin/g++ -E
  CXXFLAGS = -g -O2
  CXXPICFLAG =
  CXX_VERSION = 3.2
  DEFAULT_PAGER = more
  DEFS = -DPACKAGE_NAME="" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME="" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=""
-DPACKAGE_STRING="" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT="" -DOCTAVE_SOURC
E=1 -D_ALL_SOURCE=1 -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1
-DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMOR
Y_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DSEPCHAR=1
-DSEPCHAR_STR=":" -D__NO_MATH_INLINES=1 -DCXX_NEW_F
RIEND_TEMPLATE_DECL=1 -DCXX_ISO_COMPLIANT_LIBRARY=1 -DCXX_ABI=gnu_v3
-DHAVE_LIBM=1 -DF77_FUNC(name,NAME)=name ## _ -DF77_FUNC_
(name,NAME)=name ## __ -DHAVE_GETHOSTNAME=1 -DHAVE_GETPWNAM=1
-DHAVE_DEV_T=1 -DHAVE_INO_T=1 -DHAVE_NLINK_T=1 -DHAVE_NLINK_T=1
-DHAVE_LONG_LONG_INT=1 -DHAVE_UNSIGNED_LONG_LONG_INT=1 -DHAVE_SIGSET_T=1
-DHAVE_SIG_ATOMIC_T=1 -DSIZEOF_SHORT=2 -DSIZEOF_INT=4
 -DSIZEOF_LONG=4 -DSIZEOF_LONG_LONG=8 -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H=1 -DHAVE_ALLOCA=1
-DNPOS=std::string::npos -DHAVE_PLACEMENT_DELETE=1 -DH
AVE_DYNAMIC_AUTO_ARRAYS=1 -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=1
-DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1 -DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H=1 -DHAVE_ASSERT_H=1 -DHA
VE_CURSES_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H=1 -DHAVE_FLOAT_H=1
-DHAVE_GRP_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_POL
L_H=1 -DHAVE_PWD_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1
-DHAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_POLL_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 -DHAV
E_SYS_UTSNAME_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_VARARGS_H=1 -DHAVE_SSTREAM=1
-DHAVE_TERMIO_H=1 -DHAVE_SGTTY_H=1 -DHAVE_GLOB_H=1 -DH
AVE_FNMATCH_H=1 -DHAVE_ATEXIT=1 -DHAVE_BASENAME=1 -DHAVE_BCOPY=1
-DHAVE_BZERO=1 -DHAVE_DUP2=1 -DHAVE_ENDGRENT=1 -DHAVE_ENDPWEN
T=1 -DHAVE_EXECVP=1 -DHAVE_FCNTL=1 -DHAVE_FORK=1 -DHAVE_GETCWD=1
-DHAVE_GETEGID=1 -DHAVE_GETEUID=1 -DHAVE_GETGID=1 -DHAVE_GETG
RENT=1 -DHAVE_GETGRGID=1 -DHAVE_GETGRNAM=1 -DHAVE_GETPGRP=1
-DHAVE_GETPID=1 -DHAVE_GETPPID=1 -DHAVE_GETPWENT=1 -DHAVE_GETPWUID
=1 -DHAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY=1 -DHAVE_GETUID=1 -DHAVE_GETWD=1 -DHAVE_KILL=1
-DHAVE_LINK=1 -DHAVE_LOCALTIME_R=1 -DHAVE_LSTAT=1 -DHAVE
_MEMMOVE=1 -DHAVE_MKDIR=1 -DHAVE_MKFIFO=1 -DHAVE_MKSTEMP=1
-DHAVE_ON_EXIT=1 -DHAVE_PIPE=1 -DHAVE_POLL=1 -DHAVE_PUTENV=1 -DHAVE
_RAISE=1 -DHAVE_READLINK=1 -DHAVE_RENAME=1 -DHAVE_RINDEX=1 -DHAVE_RMDIR=1
-DHAVE_SELECT=1 -DHAVE_SETGRENT=1 -DHAVE_SETPWENT=1
-DHAVE_SETVBUF=1 -DHAVE_SIGACTION=1 -DHAVE_SIGLONGJMP=1
-DHAVE_SIGPENDING=1 -DHAVE_SIGPROCMASK=1 -DHAVE_SIGSUSPEND=1 -DHAVE_ST
AT=1 -DHAVE_STRCASECMP=1 -DHAVE_STRDUP=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1
-DHAVE_STRFTIME=1 -DHAVE_STRNCASECMP=1 -DHAVE_STRPTIME=1 -DHAVE_SYM
LINK=1 -DHAVE_TEMPNAM=1 -DHAVE_UMASK=1 -DHAVE_UNLINK=1 -DHAVE_USLEEP=1
-DHAVE_VFPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_VSPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_VSNPRINTF=1
-DHAVE_WAITPID=1 -DHAVE_TIMEVAL=1 -DHAVE_FINITE=1 -DHAVE_ISNAN=1
-DHAVE_ISINF=1 -DHAVE_COPYSIGN=1 -DHAVE_ACOSH=1 -DHAVE_ASINH=
1 -DHAVE_ATANH=1 -DHAVE_ERF=1 -DHAVE_ERFC=1
-DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLKSIZE=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLOCKS=1
-DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_
ST_RDEV=1 -DHAVE_TZNAME=1 -DEXCEPTION_IN_MATH=1 -DRETSIGTYPE=void
-DHAVE_DECL_SYS_SIGLIST=0 -DHAVE_SYS_SIGLIST=1 -DHAVE_POSIX_
SIGNALS=1 -DHAVE_GETRUSAGE=1 -DHAVE_TIMES=1 -DGNUPLOT_BINARY="gnuplot"
-DGNUPLOT_HAS_FRAMES=
  DLFCN_INCFLAGS =
  DL_LD = /site/gcc32/bin/g++
  DL_LDFLAGS = -shared
  ENABLE_DYNAMIC_LINKING = false
  EXEEXT =
  F2C =
  F2CFLAGS =
  F77 = /site/gcc32/bin/g77
  FC = /site/gcc32/bin/g77
  FFLAGS = -O
  FFTW_LIBS =
  FLIBS = -L/site/gcc32/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0/3.2
-L/site/gcc32/bin/../lib/gcc-lib -L/site/gcc32/bin/../li
b/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0/3.2/../../.. -lfrtbegin -lg2c -lm -lgcc_s
/site/gcc32/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0
.0/3.2/libgcc.a
  FPICFLAG =
  GLOB_INCFLAGS = -I../glob -I../glob
  INCFLAGS = -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc
-I../glob -I../glob
  LDFLAGS =
  LD_CXX = /site/gcc32/bin/g++
  LD_STATIC_FLAG =
  LEX = ../missing flex
  LEXLIB = -ll
  LFLAGS =
  LIBCRUFT = ../libcruft/libcruft.a
  LIBDLFCN =
  LIBEXT = a
  LIBFLAGS = -L..
  LIBGLOB = ../glob/glob.o ../glob/fnmatch.o
  LIBOCTAVE = ../liboctave/liboctave.a
  LIBOCTINTERP = ../src/liboctinterp.a
  LIBPLPLOT =
  LIBREADLINE =
  LIBS = -lcurses -lm
  LN_S = ln -s
  MKOCTFILE_DL_LDFLAGS = -shared
  MKOCTFILE_INCFLAGS = -I/scr/jared/octave/include/octave-2.1.57
-I/scr/jared/octave/include/octave-2.1.57/octave -I/scr/jared
/octave/include
  MKOCTFILE_LFLAGS = -L/scr/jared/octave/lib/octave-2.1.57
  RANLIB = ranlib
  RDYNAMIC_FLAG =
  RLD_FLAG =
  RUNTEST =
  SED = /usr/bin/sed
  SHARED_LIBS = false
  SHLEXT = so
  SHLEXT_VER = so.2.1.57
  SH_LD = /site/gcc32/bin/g++
  SH_LDFLAGS = -shared
  SONAME_FLAGS =
  STATIC_LIBS = true
  UGLY_DEFS = -DPACKAGE_NAME="" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME="" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=""
-DPACKAGE_STRING="" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT="" -DOCTAVE_
SOURCE=1 -D_ALL_SOURCE=1 -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1
-DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_
MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1
-DSEPCHAR=1 -DSEPCHAR_STR=":" -D__NO_MATH_INLINES=1 -DCXX_
NEW_FRIEND_TEMPLATE_DECL=1 -DCXX_ISO_COMPLIANT_LIBRARY=1 -DCXX_ABI=gnu_v3
-DHAVE_LIBM=1 -DF77_FUNC(name,NAME)=name ## _ -DF77_
FUNC_(name,NAME)=name ## __ -DHAVE_GETHOSTNAME=1 -DHAVE_GETPWNAM=1
-DHAVE_DEV_T=1 -DHAVE_INO_T=1 -DHAVE_NLINK_T=1 -DHAVE_NLINK
_T=1 -DHAVE_LONG_LONG_INT=1 -DHAVE_UNSIGNED_LONG_LONG_INT=1
-DHAVE_SIGSET_T=1 -DHAVE_SIG_ATOMIC_T=1 -DSIZEOF_SHORT=2 -DSIZEOF_
INT=4 -DSIZEOF_LONG=4 -DSIZEOF_LONG_LONG=8 -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H=1
-DHAVE_ALLOCA=1 -DNPOS=std::string::npos -DHAVE_PLACEMENT_DELETE=
1 -DHAVE_DYNAMIC_AUTO_ARRAYS=1 -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_GRP_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAV
E_POLL_H=1 -DHAVE_PWD_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1
-DHAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_POLL_H=1 -D
HAVE_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_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_VARARGS_H=1
-DHAVE_SSTREAM=1 -DHAVE_TERMIO_H=1 -DHAVE_SGTTY_H=1 -DHAVE_GLOB_H=
1 -DHAVE_FNMATCH_H=1 -DHAVE_ATEXIT=1 -DHAVE_BASENAME=1 -DHAVE_BCOPY=1
-DHAVE_BZERO=1 -DHAVE_DUP2=1 -DHAVE_ENDGRENT=1 -DHAVE_EN
DPWENT=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_GETPGRP=1
-DHAVE_GETPID=1 -DHAVE_GETPPID=1 -DHAVE_GETPWENT=1 -DHAVE_GET
PWUID=1 -DHAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY=1 -DHAVE_GETUID=1 -DHAVE_GETWD=1 -DHAVE_KILL=1
-DHAVE_LINK=1 -DHAVE_LOCALTIME_R=1 -DHAVE_LSTAT=1 -
DHAVE_MEMMOVE=1 -DHAVE_MKDIR=1 -DHAVE_MKFIFO=1 -DHAVE_MKSTEMP=1
-DHAVE_ON_EXIT=1 -DHAVE_PIPE=1 -DHAVE_POLL=1 -DHAVE_PUTENV=1 -
DHAVE_RAISE=1 -DHAVE_READLINK=1 -DHAVE_RENAME=1 -DHAVE_RINDEX=1
-DHAVE_RMDIR=1 -DHAVE_SELECT=1 -DHAVE_SETGRENT=1 -DHAVE_SETPWE
NT=1 -DHAVE_SETVBUF=1 -DHAVE_SIGACTION=1 -DHAVE_SIGLONGJMP=1
-DHAVE_SIGPENDING=1 -DHAVE_SIGPROCMASK=1 -DHAVE_SIGSUSPEND=1 -DHA
VE_STAT=1 -DHAVE_STRCASECMP=1 -DHAVE_STRDUP=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1
-DHAVE_STRFTIME=1 -DHAVE_STRNCASECMP=1 -DHAVE_STRPTIME=1 -DHAV
E_SYMLINK=1 -DHAVE_TEMPNAM=1 -DHAVE_UMASK=1 -DHAVE_UNLINK=1
-DHAVE_USLEEP=1 -DHAVE_VFPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_VSPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_VSNPRIN
TF=1 -DHAVE_WAITPID=1 -DHAVE_TIMEVAL=1 -DHAVE_FINITE=1 -DHAVE_ISNAN=1
-DHAVE_ISINF=1 -DHAVE_COPYSIGN=1 -DHAVE_ACOSH=1 -DHAVE_A
SINH=1 -DHAVE_ATANH=1 -DHAVE_ERF=1 -DHAVE_ERFC=1
-DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLKSIZE=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLOCKS=1
-DHAVE_STRUCT_
STAT_ST_RDEV=1 -DHAVE_TZNAME=1 -DEXCEPTION_IN_MATH=1 -DRETSIGTYPE=void
-DHAVE_DECL_SYS_SIGLIST=0 -DHAVE_SYS_SIGLIST=1 -DHAVE_P
OSIX_SIGNALS=1 -DHAVE_GETRUSAGE=1 -DHAVE_TIMES=1
-DGNUPLOT_BINARY="gnuplot" -DGNUPLOT_HAS_FRAMES=
  XTRA_CFLAGS =
  XTRA_CXXFLAGS =
  YACC = ../missing bison
  YFLAGS = -dv
  archlibdir =
/scr/jared/octave/libexec/octave/2.1.57/exec/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0
  bindir = /scr/jared/octave/bin
  canonical_host_type = powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0
  config_opts = '--prefix=/scr/jared/octave' '--disable-readline'
'CC=/site/gcc32/bin/gcc' 'CXX=/site/gcc32/bin/g++' 'F77=/sit
e/gcc32/bin/g77'
  datadir = /scr/jared/octave/share
  dld = 0
  exec_prefix = /scr/jared/octave
  fcnfiledir = /scr/jared/octave/share/octave/2.1.57/m
  fcnfilepath =
.:/scr/jared/octave/libexec/octave/2.1.57/site/oct/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0//:/scr/jared/octave/libexec/octave/s
ite/oct/api-v8/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0//:/scr/jared/octave/libexec/octave/site/oct/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0//:/scr/jared/octave/s
hare/octave/2.1.57/site/m//:/scr/jared/octave/share/octave/site/api-v8/m//:/scr/jared/octave/share/octave/site/m//:/scr/jared/
octave/libexec/octave/2.1.57/oct/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0//:/scr/jared/octave/share/octave/2.1.57/m//
  float_format = ieee_big_endian
  imagedir = /scr/jared/octave/share/octave/2.1.57/imagelib
  imagepath = .:/scr/jared/octave/share/octave/2.1.57/imagelib//
  includedir = /scr/jared/octave/include
  infodir = /scr/jared/octave/info
  infofile = /scr/jared/octave/info/octave.info
  libdir = /scr/jared/octave/lib
  libexecdir = /scr/jared/octave/libexec
  localarchlibdir =
/scr/jared/octave/libexec/octave/site/exec/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0
  localfcnfiledir = /scr/jared/octave/share/octave/site/m
  localfcnfilepath =
/scr/jared/octave/share/octave/2.1.57/site/m//:/scr/jared/octave/share/octave/site/api-v8/m//:/scr/jared/
octave/share/octave/site/m//
  localoctfiledir =
/scr/jared/octave/libexec/octave/site/oct/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0
  localoctfilepath =
/scr/jared/octave/libexec/octave/2.1.57/site/oct/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0//:/scr/jared/octave/libexec/octav
e/site/oct/api-v8/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0//:/scr/jared/octave/libexec/octave/site/oct/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0//
  localstartupfiledir =
  localverarchlibdir =
/scr/jared/octave/libexec/octave/2.1.57/site/exec/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0
  localverfcnfiledir = /scr/jared/octave/share/octave/2.1.57/site/m
  localveroctfiledir =
/scr/jared/octave/libexec/octave/2.1.57/site/oct/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0
  man1dir = /scr/jared/octave/man/man1
  man1ext = .1
  mandir = /scr/jared/octave/man
  octfiledir =
/scr/jared/octave/libexec/octave/2.1.57/oct/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0
  octincludedir = /scr/jared/octave/include/octave-2.1.57
  octlibdir = /scr/jared/octave/lib/octave-2.1.57
  prefix = /scr/jared/octave
  startupfiledir = /scr/jared/octave/share/octave/2.1.57/m/startup
  unix = 1
 version = 2.1.57
  windows = 0
  words_big_endian = 1
  words_little_endian = 0
}




Any idea why the path command wont work anymore on the ibm computer?
I would be happy to send additional information if you require it.




thank you


John Spiesberger
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
158 Hayden Hall
240 S 33rd St.
U. Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316
address@hidden
(215) 573-5388 (Voice)
(215) 898-0964 (Fax)



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