


OCTAVE-CONFIG(1)                                 OCTAVE-CONFIG(1)


NAME
       octave-config - GNU Octave component and library information retrieval

SYNOPSIS
       octave-config [options]

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

OPTIONS
       octave-config accepts the following 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|--print VAR
               Print the default value of the  Octave  configuration  variable
               VAR.  Recognized variables are:
                   CANONICAL_HOST_TYPE    LOCALFCNFILEDIR
                   DEFAULT_PAGER          LOCALFCNFILEPATH
                   ARCHLIBDIR             LOCALOCTFILEDIR
                   BINDIR                 LOCALOCTFILEPATH
                   DATADIR                LOCALSTARTUPFILEDIR
                   EXEC_PREFIX            LOCALVERARCHLIBDIR
                   FCNFILEDIR             LOCALVERFCNFILEDIR
                   FCNFILEPATH            LOCALVEROCTFILEDIR
                   IMAGEDIR               MAN1DIR
                   IMAGE_PATH             MAN1EXT
                   INCLUDEDIR             MANDIR
                   INFODIR                OCTFILEDIR
                   INFOFILE               OCTINCLUDEDIR
                   LIBDIR                 OCTLIBDIR
                   LIBEXECDIR             PREFIX
                   LIBEXECDIR             STARTUPFILEDIR
                   LOCALARCHLIBDIR        VERSION

       -v|--version
               Display the version number of octave(1).

       -h|-?|--help
               Display a help page about octave-config

AUTHOR
       John W. Eaton <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>

       This  manual page was contributed by Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
       for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution but may be used by others.




GNU Octave               19 February 2003                       1


