From owner-help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Tue Nov 26 14:44:01 1996
Subject: Re: working directory for gnuplot
From: Heber Farnsworth <heberf at u dot washington dot edu>
To: Mario Storti <mstorti at galileo dot unl dot edu dot ar>
Cc: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 12:42:43 -0800 (PST)

On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Mario Storti wrote:

> 
> Hi all!
> 
> I have the following problem when using the gplot command. If I
> change directory during the Octave session, then commands like:
> 
> gplot "myfile"
> 
> doesn't work because it seems that gnuplot doesn't track the change of
> directory. I ask if someone else has found this, and if there is a
> workaround/fix/patch.

The simplest workaround I can think of is to load the data in myfile into
a matrix.  If you just want to plot data in a file you don't need Octave
at all.  Octave plotting commands are designed for plotting vectors or
matrices in the workspace.


> 
> Mario
> 

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