From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Thu Jan 30 06:15:05 2003
Subject: Re: Changing Directories
From: Paul Kienzle <pkienzle at users dot sourceforge dot net>
To: pand9613 at mail dot usyd dot edu dot au
Cc: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 07:10:35 -0500

pand9613 at mail dot usyd dot edu dot au wrote:

>Hi,
>Is it possible to change the working directory to any directory. I can't seem 
>to get out of the root octave directory so i have to store all my work files 
>inside of the octave directory.
>Typing cd .. doesn't bring me up any more levels in the directory tree once i 
>am at the octave root directory.
>  
>
I'm assuming you are using an octave for windows binary distribution, 
otherwise you wouldn't be in the
octave tree in the first place.

Try e.g., cd "/cygdrive/c/My Documents"

Paul Kienzle
pkienzle at users dot sf dot net



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