From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Sat Feb 15 20:10:30 2003
Subject: Re: Octave problem
From: Andy Adler <adler at site dot uottawa dot ca>
To: Miguel Curi <miguel at curiweb dot com>
cc: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:09:49 -0500 (EST)

Miguel,

If you are going to ask for help on this list,
TELL US WHAT YOU ARE USING!

Here are the minimum:
- What version of octave
- Did you compile it?
- What is a binary distribution? If so, where did it come from?
- What options did you choose when compiling/installing.
- Do you have a recipe to cause the problem?

Additionally, the subject should be more informative
than "Octave problem".

Sorry to vent this frustration on your question,
but this request-without-useful-info is becomming
extremely common.

Andy

On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Miguel Curi wrote:

> Can you help me figure out how to solve this?
> I have installed octave on Windows 2k and get this when I start Octave from
> the menu.
>
> Report bugs to <bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>.
>
> /usr/share/octave/2.1.36/m/strings/findstr.m: No such file or directory
> error: `findstr' undefined near line 10 column 12
> error: evaluating index expression near line 10, column 12
> error: evaluating argument list element number 1
> error: evaluating assignment expression near line 10, column 39
> error: near line 10 of file `/usr/share/octave/site/m/startup/octaverc'
>
> aparently I am missing a file, but when I go into the specified directory
> (/usr/share/octave/2.1.36/m/strings/) , the file (findstr.m) is there. I am
> wondering why the file separator / since I am on windows and it should be \.
> Is this a problem? .. the directory is under my root installation directory
> of octave.
>
> Thanks.
>
> *************************
> Miguel Curi
> Software Engineer
> (253)262-1522
> miguel at curiweb dot com
> www.curiweb.com
>
>
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