Re: Weird problem with function ls or system("ls...")

[Rob Mahurin]

On Jul 28, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Christian Weickhmann wrote:
> When I do an ls() or system("ls ...") in octave where no file  
> matches my search
> pattern, instead of returning an empty set, octave gives me a "No  
> such file or
> directory".

That message comes from your system's ls, not from octave.

In Octave, try "glob".

Rob

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