Re: Home directory in octave on windows?

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

Hello

HMMMMMMM ????

In my case,

I added 

putenv('HOME','D:\usr')

in the last line of 
C:\Programs\Octave\3.0.5_gcc-4.3.0\share\octave\3.0.5\m\startup\octaverc

and start octave 

> tilde_expand ('~')
ans = D:\usr

Then I changed the last line to 

putenv('HOME','D:\usr\tatsu')

and quited octave and restarted octave

> tilde_expand ('~')
ans = D:\usr\tatsu

As written the above, in my case putenv('HOME',(folder path)) worked well to 
change '~'..

This is what I did when I wrote the previous post.

Note My os is windows xp pro sp3 and I log on as an administrator.

Regards

Tatsuro



--- m h  wrote:

> Tatsuro, thanks for the suggestions. 
> 
> Here is what I tried:
> I disconnected the U: drive, to see what would happen. Then I started the 
> octave.exe file (the
> normal way, double clicking on the file in Windows explorer). After startup, 
> here's what
> happens:
> 
> -----------------------------------
> 
> > tilde_expand("~")
> ans = U:\
> octave.exe:2:C:\Program Files (x86)\Octave\3.0.5_gcc-4.3.0\bin
> > getenv("HOME")
> ans =
> octave.exe:3:C:\Program Files (x86)\Octave\3.0.5_gcc-4.3.0\bin
> > ls ~
> The system cannot find the path specified.
> error: ls: command exited abnormally with status 127
> error: evaluating if command near line 59, column 7
> error: evaluating if command near line 55, column 5
> error: evaluating if command near line 49, column 3
> error: called from `ls' in file `C:\Program Files 
> (x86)\Octave\3.0.5_gcc-4.3.0\s
> hare\octave\3.0.5\m\miscellaneous\ls.m'
> octave.exe:3:C:\Program Files (x86)\Octave\3.0.5_gcc-4.3.0\bin
> >
> 
> -----------------------------------
> 
> The last command happened because U:\ no longer exists (I disconnected the 
> network drive).
> So ~ and HOME seem to be two different things. And Octave insists on creating 
> (if it doesn't
> already exist) a new .octaverc in the ~ directory , not the HOME directory.
> 
> Any idea what's going on? How does Octave determine what the ~ directory is 
> in Windows? It's
> apparently not the HOME directory.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --- Marc
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden; m h <address@hidden>; address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:44:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Home directory in octave on windows?
> 
> Hello
> 
> I have remembered the other way
> 
> Please write the below
> 
> putenv('HOME','D:\usr')
> 
> (octave-home) /share/octave/site/m/startup/octaverc or
> (octave-home) /share/octave/version/m/startup/octaverc
> 
> Perhaps this way is smart than that I have show in previous post.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tatsuro
> 
> --- Tatsuro MATSUOKA < wrote:
> 
> > Hello
> > 
> > I have mislead.
> > 
> > Please set environment variable 'HOME' in the windows.
> > 
> > In my case HOME is set to 'D:\usr\tatsu'
> > > ls ~
> >  Volume in drive D has no label.
> >  Volume Serial Number is ACCF-78A8
> > 
> >  Directory of D:\usr\Tatsu
> > 
> > 
> > For the way to set environment variables, please see:
> > http://lifehacker.com/259018/ 
> > Create your own environment variables for quick folder navigation
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Tatsuro
> > 
> > --- m h wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm running Octave-3.0.5 on a WinVista machine.
> > > 
> > > Right now, it seems that octave insists that my home directory
> > > (whatever that means on windows), i.e. the directory that is listed when
> > > I type "ls ~", is a network drive that my computer is connected to,
> > > specifically a drive that's mounted as U: . This also unfortunately means 
> > > my
> > > .octaverc file, log file, etc, get created and written to the root 
> > > directory of U:
> > > . I'd like that to be somewhere else.
> > > 
> > > How do I change where octave thinks the home directory is? Can I tell
> > > it to look for a .octaverc file (and store log files) somewhere else?
> > > Or is that hard coded into the executable that I download?
> > > 
> > > Thanks...
> > > 
> > > --- Marc
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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