[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #44720] edit.m: Fails to open protected file if ~/octave does not exist

[Julien Bect]

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                 Summary: edit.m: Fails to open protected file if ~/octave
does not exist
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: jbect
            Submitted on: sam. 04 avril 2015 16:30:00 GMT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Other
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.0.0-rc2
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

I get the following error (on hg rev cf9b94a89620) when trying to open
hadamard.m (which is a protected file) from the GUI by typing "edit
hadamard".

>> edit hadamard
cp: cannot create regular file '/home/high/bect/octave/hadamard.m': No such
file or directory

/home/high/bect is my HOME directory and I don't have a ~/octave
subdirectory.

Of course, the problem disappears if I create ~/octave but is this really the
expected behaviour, or should I file a bug report for this ?

Proposed fixes : either create ~/octave when it does not exist, or instead
create the copy of hadamard.m in /tmp ?

@++
Julien





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