Re: system command

[Paul Kienzle]

It works for me.  Try the following:

        pkienzle:~/octave$ export JUNK=5
        pkienzle:~/octave$ octave
        GNU Octave, version 2.0.16.91 (i386-pc-linux-gnu).
        Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 John W. Eaton.
        This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
        For details, type `warranty'.

        systemoctave:1> system("echo $JUNK")
        5
        ans = 0
        octave:2> 

Paul Kienzle
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On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 09:55:12AM +0200, Jan-Mark Batke wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> how can I tell   the  system-command to use  the   complete
> environment of my linux box?
> 
> Background: I wrote a script for Matlab to convert plots to
> metagraph  using  metapost (yeah, looks good!).  The script
> calls mpost first,
> 
> system('./mpmkmps.sh somefile');
> 
> and mpost tells:
> 
> ,----
> | ./mpmkmps.sh processing This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.3.1)
> | I can't find the mem file `mpost.mem'!
> `----
> 
> Same for using latex, eg. the environment is missing for
> mpost and latex. Using
> 
> unix('./mpmkmps.sh somefile');
> 
> within Matlab works fine.
> 
> Any hints? Thanks in advance
> 
> Jan-Mark
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