Re: Suggestion: startup.d subdirectory for use by octaverc

[Paul Kienzle]

We already have this---through a PKG_ADD file in your package directory 
and all octave commands therein will be run.  IIRC, PKG_DEL is run when 
the directory is removed from the path.

- Paul

On Jul 3, 2005, at 2:57 PM, James R. Phillips wrote:

> It occurs to me that octave could benefit from startup logic similar 
> to (but
> simpler than) that used by linux init scripts.
>
> Right now the octaverc startup scripts are empty, ootb.  If they were 
> instead
> setup to look for and execute any files in subdirectory startup.d, 
> say, then
> 3'rd party octave packages could easily install/remove their own 
> startup
> scripts without requiring hand-editing by the user/administrator.
>
> Worth doing?
>
> Jim Phillips