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Re: Running dos command in octave (win32 version)
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Christoph Dalitz |
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Re: Running dos command in octave (win32 version) |
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Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:15:58 +0200 |
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 09:07:43 -0400
"Ciotti, Louis A " <address@hidden> wrote:
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> I am trying to run some dos commands within octave, and I cannot seem to
> get them work. Basically I want to delete some files and run a batch
> file.
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> To delete the files I have tried:
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> System("del myfile.ext")
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> Which gives:
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> del: not found
> ans = 127
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> What am I doing wrong?
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system() probably calls /bin/sh to run the given command.
Try "rm myfile.ext" or, if you insist on using the crappy DOS shell
"cmd.exe /c del myfile.ext".
Christoph
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