Re: Home directory in octave on windows?

[m h]

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:

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> 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
>

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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

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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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