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octave-config - GNU Octave component and library information retrieval

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NAME

octave-config - GNU Octave component and library information retrieval

SYNOPSIS

octave-config [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

octave-config is a tool to obtain directory information for .oct and .m files for octave(1).

OPTIONS

−−m-site-dir

Display the main directory for local, or site-specific, .m script files.

−−oct-site-dir

Display the main directory for local, or site-specific, .oct dynamic-link libraries.

−p VAR, −−print VAR

Print the default value of the Octave configuration variable VAR. Recognized variables are:
API_VERSION LOCALARCHLIBDIR
ARCHLIBDIR LOCALFCNFILEDIR
BINDIR LOCALOCTFILEDIR
CANONICAL_HOST_TYPE LOCALSTARTUPFILEDIR
DATADIR LOCALVERARCHLIBDIR
DATAROOTDIR LOCALVERFCNFILEDIR
DEFAULT_PAGER LOCALVEROCTFILEDIR
EXEC_PREFIX MAN1DIR
EXEEXT MAN1EXT
FCNFILEDIR MANDIR
IMAGEDIR OCTAVE_EXEC_HOME
INCLUDEDIR OCTAVE_HOME
INFODIR OCTDATADIR
INFOFILE OCTDOCDIR
LIBDIR OCTFILEDIR
LIBEXECDIR OCTFONTSDIR
LOCALAPIARCHLIBDIR OCTINCLUDEDIR
LOCALAPIFCNFILEDIR OCTLIBDIR
LOCALAPIOCTFILEDIR STARTUPFILEDIR
LOCALAPIPKGDIR VERSION

−v, −−version

Display the version number of octave(1).

−h, −?, −−help

Print help message.

AUTHOR

John W. Eaton <[email protected]>

This manual page was contributed by Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution but may be used by others.

SEE ALSO

octave (1).


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