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+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/copyfile.m	Tue Oct 10 19:13:49 2006 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2005 John W. Eaton
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
+## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+## any later version.
+##
+## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+## Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+## 02110-1301, USA.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{status}, @var{msg}, @var{msgid}] =} movefile (@var{f1}, @var{f2})
+## Move the file @var{f1} to the new name @var{f2}.  The name @var{f1}
+## may contain globbing patterns.  If @var{f1} expands to multiple file
+## names, @var{f2} must be a directory.
+##
+## If successful, @var{status} is 1, with @var{msg} and @var{msgid} empty\n\
+## character strings.  Otherwise, @var{status} is 0, @var{msg} contains a\n\
+## system-dependent error message, and @var{msgid} contains a unique\n\
+## message identifier.\n\
+## @seealso{glob}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function [status, msg, msgid] = copyfile (f1, f2, force)
+
+  status = true;
+  msg = "";
+  msgid = "";
+
+  if (nargin == 2 || nargin == 3)
+    if (nargin == 3 && strcmp (force, "f"))
+      cmd = "/bin/cp -rf";
+    else
+      cmd = "/bin/cp -r";
+    endif
+    [err, msg] = system (sprintf ("%s %s %s", cmd, f1, f2));
+    if (err < 0)
+      status = false;
+      msgid = "copyfile";
+    endif
+  else
+    print_usage ();
+  endif
+
+endfunction