Re: Finding an m-file

[Stefan van der Walt]

On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 05:56:27PM +0100, Simon Webster wrote:
> I want to find the directory an m-file lives in (that is on the
> current path somewhere).
> 
> I know exist('myfile.m') should return 2 if myfile.m is on the current
> path, but can I easily get the directory in which the particular
> myfile.m that octave will execute lives?

fileparts(file_in_loadpath('myfile.m'))

Regards
Stéfan



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