[OctDev] Bug in Octave 3.0.0

[Dmitri A. Sergatskov]

On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Chris Tandiono
<christandiono at berkeley.edu> wrote:
> When using the run command, the working directory is not the expected
>  working directory. Should this be changed? I don't really know.
>
>  octave-3.0.0:8> pwd
>  ans = /Users/chris/Desktop
>  octave-3.0.0:9> run ../checker.m
>  error: run: file must exist and be a valid Octave script file
>  error: evaluating if command near line 43, column 2
>  error: evaluating if command near line 39, column 5
>  error: evaluating if command near line 38, column 3
>  error: called from `run' in file `/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/
>  Resources/share/octave/3.0.0/m/miscellaneous/run.m'
>  octave-3.0.0:9> cd ..
>  octave-3.0.0:10> ls
>  *snip*
>  checker.m
>

I think there is a bug in run.m (line 43).
Instead of

	if (! exist (s, "file") ||  ! strcmp (ext, ".m"))

There should be

	if (! exist (f, "file") ||  ! strcmp (ext, ".m"))

Regards,

Dmitri.

p.s. CC to bug@!octave.org since run.m is an octave's core function.

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