Re: rehash() doesn't reread .

[Børge Strand-Bergesen]

Thanks John,

I just installed 3.4.03 on Cygwin. Things just what I expect. Newly
saved files appear functional without having to rehash or restart
octave. I have gathered three logs below to show what happens.

Any news on 3.4 being available in Windows without Cygwin?

Cheers,
Børge


% go to home folder and save qwerty06.m with function qwerty06(a,b)
returning a+b
% start cygwin octave 3.4.03 in home folder
octave:1> qwerty06(1,2)
ans =  3
% expected
% save function as qwerty07.m in home folder
octave:2> qwerty07(1,2)
ans =  3
% expected
% saving function as c:/qwerty08.m
octave:3> cd /cygdrive/c
octave:4> qwerty08(1,2)
ans =  3
% All looks good!

% saving as C:\programs\Octave\3.2.4_gcc-4.4.0\bin\qwerty09.m
% start windows octave 3.2.4
octave-3.2.4.exe:1> qwerty09(1,2)
ans =  3
% expected
% save function as qwerty10.m in same folder
octave-3.2.4.exe:2> qwerty10(1,2)
ans =  3
% expected
% save function as c:\qwerty11.m, then cd to folder
octave-3.2.4.exe:3> cd c:/
octave-3.2.4.exe:4> pwd
ans = c:\
octave-3.2.4.exe:5> qwerty11(1,2)
ans =  3
% expected
% save folder as c:\qwerty12.m without redundant cd
octave-3.2.4.exe:6> qwerty12(1,2)
error: `qwerty12' undefined near line 6 column 1
% neither rehash() nor cd c:/ will make it found.

% restart windows octave 3.2.4
octave-3.2.4.exe:1> cd c:/
octave-3.2.4.exe:2> pwd
ans = c:\
octave-3.2.4.exe:3> qwerty12(1,2)
ans =  3
% expected


On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 15:33, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> On  7-Apr-2011, Børge Strand-Bergesen wrote:
>
> | Hi,
> |
> | I'm struggling to access a access an .m file created after Octave
> | started. The file is created in a folder different from the startup
> | folder. path() reports "." on the very first line.
> |
> | It seems rehash() doesn't reread "." after a cd command. However, if I
> | create a new .m file in the startup folder, it is automatically found,
> | even without the need for a rehash.
> |
> | Here's what happens:
> | - Start Octave-3.2.4 on Win7/64
> | - Create simple function c:\qwerty.m, a name which doesn't previously exist
> | - In Octave, cd c:/
> | - rehash();
> | - qwerty(4,5)
> | - error: `qwerty' undefined near line 13 column 1
> |
> | I'd appreciate some insight into ensuring "." is properly in the path.
>
> I think this is a bug and that it was fixed for Octave 3.4.
>
> jwe
>