# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <rik@octave.org>
# Date 1412476752 25200
# Node ID d627d9c8adfdddf69115717b3aaf2274fc35d27a
# Parent  b85d4930528ddf7e87efb2fba1913b9aec5b01e6
ls_command.m: Overhaul function.

* ls_command.m: Make error message more succinct.  Add BIST test.

diff -r b85d4930528d -r d627d9c8adfd scripts/miscellaneous/ls_command.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/ls_command.m	Sat Oct 04 19:36:41 2014 -0700
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/ls_command.m	Sat Oct 04 19:39:12 2014 -0700
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
       if (ischar (cmd))
         __ls_command__ = cmd;
       else
-        error ("ls_command: expecting argument to be a character string");
+        error ("ls_command: argument must be a character string");
       endif
     endif
 
@@ -65,3 +65,5 @@
 %!   assert (cmd(1:2), "ls"); 
 %! endif
 
+%!error <argument must be a character string> ls_command (123)
+