--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/scripts/io/puts.m	Thu Apr 18 01:28:24 1996 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Copyright (C) 1996 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, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+function retval = puts (s)
+
+# usage: puts (string)
+#
+# Write string to the standard output.
+#
+# See also: fputs, printf, fprintf
+
+  retval = -1;
+
+  if (nargin == 1)
+    retval = fputs (stdout, s);
+  else
+    usage ("puts (string)");
+  endif
+
+endfunction