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author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
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1 @c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007 John W. Eaton
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2 @c
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3 @c This file is part of Octave.
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4 @c
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5 @c Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 @c under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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7 @c Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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8 @c your option) any later version.
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9 @c
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10 @c Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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11 @c ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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12 @c FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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13 @c for more details.
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14 @c
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15 @c You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 @c along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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17 @c <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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19 @node System Utilities
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20 @chapter System Utilities
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22 This chapter describes the functions that are available to allow you to
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23 get information about what is happening outside of Octave, while it is
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24 still running, and use this information in your program. For example,
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25 you can get information about environment variables, the current time,
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26 and even start other programs from the Octave prompt.
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28 @menu
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29 * Timing Utilities::
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30 * Filesystem Utilities::
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31 * File Archiving Utilities::
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32 * Networking Utilities::
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33 * Controlling Subprocesses::
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34 * Process ID Information::
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35 * Environment Variables::
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36 * Current Working Directory::
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37 * Password Database Functions::
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38 * Group Database Functions::
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39 * System Information::
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40 * Hashing Functions::
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41 @end menu
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43 @node Timing Utilities
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44 @section Timing Utilities
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46 Octave's core set of functions for manipulating time values are
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47 patterned after the corresponding functions from the standard C library.
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48 Several of these functions use a data structure for time that includes
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49 the following elements:
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51 @table @code
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52 @item usec
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53 Microseconds after the second (0-999999).
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55 @item sec
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56 Seconds after the minute (0-61). This number can be 61 to account
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57 for leap seconds.
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59 @item min
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60 Minutes after the hour (0-59).
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62 @item hour
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63 Hours since midnight (0-23).
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65 @item mday
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66 Day of the month (1-31).
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68 @item mon
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69 Months since January (0-11).
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71 @item year
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72 Years since 1900.
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74 @item wday
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75 Days since Sunday (0-6).
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77 @item yday
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78 Days since January 1 (0-365).
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80 @item isdst
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81 Daylight Savings Time flag.
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83 @item zone
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84 Time zone.
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85 @end table
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87 @noindent
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88 In the descriptions of the following functions, this structure is
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89 referred to as a @var{tm_struct}.
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91 @DOCSTRING(time)
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93 @DOCSTRING(now)
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95 @DOCSTRING(ctime)
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97 @DOCSTRING(gmtime)
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99 @DOCSTRING(localtime)
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101 @DOCSTRING(mktime)
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103 @DOCSTRING(asctime)
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105 @DOCSTRING(strftime)
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107 @DOCSTRING(strptime)
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109 Most of the remaining functions described in this section are not
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110 patterned after the standard C library. Some are available for
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111 compatibility with @sc{Matlab} and others are provided because they are
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112 useful.
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114 @DOCSTRING(clock)
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116 @DOCSTRING(date)
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118 @DOCSTRING(etime)
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120 @DOCSTRING(cputime)
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124 @anchor{doc-toc}
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125 @DOCSTRING(tic)
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135 @DOCSTRING(datestr)
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143 @DOCSTRING(weekday)
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145 @DOCSTRING(eomday)
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149 @node Filesystem Utilities
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150 @section Filesystem Utilities
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152 Octave includes the following functions for renaming and deleting files,
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153 creating, deleting, and reading directories, and for getting information
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154 about the status of files.
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181 @DOCSTRING(fstat)
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183 @DOCSTRING(fileattrib)
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185 @DOCSTRING(isdir)
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191 @DOCSTRING(file_in_path)
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193 @DOCSTRING(tilde_expand)
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195 @DOCSTRING(canonicalize_file_name)
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197 @DOCSTRING(movefile)
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199 @DOCSTRING(copyfile)
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207 @DOCSTRING(fullfile)
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209 @DOCSTRING(tempdir)
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211 @DOCSTRING(tempname)
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213 @DOCSTRING(P_tmpdir)
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215 @DOCSTRING(is_absolute_filename)
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217 @DOCSTRING(is_rooted_relative_filename)
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219 @DOCSTRING(make_absolute_filename)
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221 @node File Archiving Utilities
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222 @section File Archiving Utilities
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224 @DOCSTRING(bunzip2)
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226 @DOCSTRING(gzip)
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228 @DOCSTRING(gunzip)
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230 @DOCSTRING(tar)
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232 @DOCSTRING(untar)
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234 @DOCSTRING(zip)
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236 @DOCSTRING(unzip)
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238 @DOCSTRING(pack)
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240 @DOCSTRING(unpack)
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242 @DOCSTRING(bzip2)
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244 @node Networking Utilities
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245 @section Networking Utilities
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247 @DOCSTRING(urlread)
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249 @DOCSTRING(urlwrite)
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251 @node Controlling Subprocesses
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252 @section Controlling Subprocesses
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253
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254 Octave includes some high-level commands like @code{system} and
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255 @code{popen} for starting subprocesses. If you want to run another
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256 program to perform some task and then look at its output, you will
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257 probably want to use these functions.
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258
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259 Octave also provides several very low-level Unix-like functions which
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260 can also be used for starting subprocesses, but you should probably only
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261 use them if you can't find any way to do what you need with the
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262 higher-level functions.
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264 @DOCSTRING(system)
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266 @DOCSTRING(unix)
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268 @DOCSTRING(dos)
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270 @DOCSTRING(perl)
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272 @DOCSTRING(popen)
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274 @DOCSTRING(pclose)
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276 @DOCSTRING(popen2)
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278 @DOCSTRING(EXEC_PATH)
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280 In most cases, the following functions simply decode their arguments and
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281 make the corresponding Unix system calls. For a complete example of how
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282 they can be used, look at the definition of the function @code{popen2}.
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284 @DOCSTRING(fork)
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286 @DOCSTRING(exec)
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288 @DOCSTRING(pipe)
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290 @DOCSTRING(dup2)
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292 @DOCSTRING(waitpid)
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298 @DOCSTRING(WEXITSTATUS)
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300 @DOCSTRING(WIFCONTINUED)
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304 @DOCSTRING(WIFSTOPPED)
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308 @DOCSTRING(WNOHANG)
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312 @DOCSTRING(WTERMSIG)
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314 @DOCSTRING(WUNTRACED)
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316 @DOCSTRING(fcntl)
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318 @DOCSTRING(kill)
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327 @DOCSTRING(getpid)
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329 @DOCSTRING(getppid)
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331 @DOCSTRING(geteuid)
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335 @DOCSTRING(getegid)
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339 @node Environment Variables
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340 @section Environment Variables
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342 @DOCSTRING(getenv)
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344 @DOCSTRING(putenv)
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346 @node Current Working Directory
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349 @DOCSTRING(cd)
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351 @DOCSTRING(ls)
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353 @DOCSTRING(ls_command)
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355 @DOCSTRING(dir)
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357 @DOCSTRING(pwd)
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359 @node Password Database Functions
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360 @section Password Database Functions
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362 Octave's password database functions return information in a structure
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365 @table @code
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366 @item name
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367 The user name.
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369 @item passwd
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370 The encrypted password, if available.
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372 @item uid
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375 @item gid
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376 The numeric group id.
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378 @item gecos
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379 The GECOS field.
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380
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381 @item dir
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382 The home directory.
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384 @item shell
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385 The initial shell.
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386 @end table
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389 referred to as a @var{pw_struct}.
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391 @DOCSTRING(getpwent)
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393 @DOCSTRING(getpwuid)
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395 @DOCSTRING(getpwnam)
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397 @DOCSTRING(setpwent)
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399 @DOCSTRING(endpwent)
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401 @node Group Database Functions
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402 @section Group Database Functions
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404 Octave's group database functions return information in a structure
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407 @table @code
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408 @item name
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409 The user name.
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410
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411 @item passwd
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412 The encrypted password, if available.
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414 @item gid
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415 The numeric group id.
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416
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417 @item mem
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418 The members of the group.
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419 @end table
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424 @DOCSTRING(getgrent)
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426 @DOCSTRING(getgrgid)
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428 @DOCSTRING(getgrnam)
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430 @DOCSTRING(setgrent)
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432 @DOCSTRING(endgrent)
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434 @node System Information
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435 @section System Information
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437 @DOCSTRING(computer)
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439 @DOCSTRING(uname)
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441 @DOCSTRING(ispc)
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443 @DOCSTRING(isunix)
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447 @DOCSTRING(isieee)
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449 @DOCSTRING(OCTAVE_HOME)
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451 @DOCSTRING(OCTAVE_VERSION)
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453 @DOCSTRING(license)
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455 @DOCSTRING(version)
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457 @DOCSTRING(ver)
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459 @DOCSTRING(octave_config_info)
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461 @DOCSTRING(getrusage)
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463 @node Hashing Functions
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464 @section Hashing Functions
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466 It is often necessary to find if two strings or files are
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467 identical. This might be done by comparing them character by character
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468 and looking for differences. However, this can be slow, and so comparing
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469 a hash of the string or file can be a rapid way of finding if the files
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470 differ.
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472 Another use of the hashing function is to check for file integrity. The
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473 user can check the hash of the file against a known value and find if
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474 the file they have is the same as the one that the original hash was
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475 produced with.
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478 strings and files. An example of the use of @code{md5sum} function might
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479 be
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481 @example
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482 @group
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483 if exist (file, "file")
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484 hash = md5sum (file);
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485 else
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486 # Treat the variable "file" as a string
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487 hash = md5sum (file, true);
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488 endif
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489 @end group
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490 @end example
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491
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492 @DOCSTRING(md5sum)