From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Mon Jan 18 04:26:01 1999
Subject: loading .mat files
From: Cyril Fischer <fischerc at itam dot cas dot cz>
To: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:26:16 +0100

Hi,
Is it possible to load a mat-file in the directory listed in LOADPATH
without specifying the whole path and extension?
Matlab allows construction like
load filtd8
instead of
load /usr/local/share/octave/site/m/Uvi_Wave.300/wdemo/filtd8.mat

thanks, Cyril