From bug-request at octave dot org Thu Dec  8 16:11:03 2005
Subject: Output arguments of system command are reversed relative to Matlab
From: Quentin Spencer <qspencer at ieee dot org>
To: bug at octave dot org
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:06:36 -0600

The subject says it all. Quoting from the Matlab help:

[status,result] = SYSTEM('command') calls upon the operating system to 
execute the given command.

Quotimg from the Octave help:

The `system' function can return two values.  The first is any output 
from the command that was written to the standard output stream, and the 
second is the output status of the command.


I'll be the first to agree that the Matlab ordering makes less sense, 
but if we want to be compatible then they should be reversed in octave.

-Quentin



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