--- a/src/defaults.cc	Fri Jun 17 04:10:53 2005 +0000
+++ b/src/defaults.cc	Fri Jun 17 07:52:28 2005 +0000
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 std::string Vlocal_arch_lib_dir;
 std::string Vlocal_ver_arch_lib_dir;
 std::string Vfcn_file_dir;
+std::string Voct_file_dir;
 
 // The default path that will be searched for programs that we
 // execute (in addition to the user-specified --exec-path).
@@ -248,6 +249,12 @@
 }
 
 static void
+set_default_oct_file_dir (void)
+{
+  Voct_file_dir = subst_octave_home (OCTAVE_OCTFILEDIR);
+}
+
+static void
 set_default_bin_dir (void)
 {
   Vbin_dir = subst_octave_home (OCTAVE_BINDIR);
@@ -404,6 +411,8 @@
 
   set_default_fcn_file_dir ();
 
+  set_default_oct_file_dir ();
+
   set_default_bin_dir ();
 
   set_default_default_exec_path ();