From owner-help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Wed Feb  5 23:49:57 1997
Subject: Re: install script problem with OS/2 version
From: "Wonkoo Kim" <wkim+ at pitt dot edu>
To: "Octave Users" <help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 97 00:48:39 -0500

> Date: Tue, 04 Feb 97 21:31:30 -0600
> From: "John W. Eaton" <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
> Subject: install script problem with OS/2 version
>
> | G:\tmp>octave
> | Octave 2.0.2 for OS/2 2.x and Warp.
> | (Patchlevel 2.02-b01).
> | Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton.
> | OS/2-Port by Klaus Gebhardt, 1996 - 1997.
> | This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> | For details, type `warranty'.
> |
> | error: No such file or directory
> | octave:1>
> | -----------------
> |
> | Why do I have "error: No such ..." line in the above?
>
> This message is printed because the history file is missing.  I'm not
> sure about the OS/2 port, but for Octave running on Unix systems, the
> default history file is $HOME/.octave_hist.  In the next release,
> Octave won't print the message even if the file is missing.

Yes, it was due to missing history file.  Thanks.

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// Wonkoo Kim (wkim+ at pitt dot edu)