Mercurial > octave-nkf
changeset 13834:227130df89eb
prefsfile.m: Use .octave_prefs for preferences filename
* prefsfile.m: Use .octave_prefs for preferences filename.
Add code to transition users to new name.
| author | Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:13:37 -0800 |
| parents | 0a28c49cb477 |
| children | fc9f34e17486 |
| files | scripts/prefs/private/prefsfile.m |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
line wrap: on
line diff
--- a/scripts/prefs/private/prefsfile.m Sun Nov 06 20:08:17 2011 +0000 +++ b/scripts/prefs/private/prefsfile.m Sun Nov 06 15:13:37 2011 -0800 @@ -25,7 +25,26 @@ function retval = prefsfile () - retval = "~/.octave-prefs"; + retval = "~/.octave_prefs"; + + ## Transition users to new filename if necessary + ## FIXME: Delete before 3.6.0 release + oldname = tilde_expand ("~/.octave-prefs"); + if (exist (oldname, "file")) + newname = tilde_expand (retval); + if (exist (newname, "file")) + error (["Octave uses the file ~/.octave_prefs to store preferences.\n",... + " The old file name was ~/.octave-prefs.\n",... + " Both files exist."... + " User must manually delete one of the files.\n"]); + endif + status = movefile (oldname, newname); + if (! status) + error (["Octave uses the file ~/.octave_prefs to store preferences.\n", + " The old file name was ~/.octave-prefs.\n", + " User must manually rename the old file to the new name.\n"]); + endif + endif endfunction