--- a/scripts/ChangeLog	Wed Mar 15 19:56:29 2006 +0000
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog	Wed Mar 15 20:11:46 2006 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-03-15  Keith Goodman  <kwgoodman@gmail.com>
+
+	* miscellaneous/mkoctfile.m: New file.
+
 2006-03-15  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* polynomial/residue.m: Use & instead of && to generate arg for find.

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/mkoctfile.m	Wed Mar 15 20:11:46 2006 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2006 Keith Goodman
+##
+## 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} {} mkoctfile ()
+## The @code{mkoctfile} shell script compiles source code written in C,
+## C++, or Fortran.  Depending on the command-line options used with
+## @code{mkoctfile}, the compiled code can be called within Octave or
+## can be used as a stand-alone application.
+##
+## Run @code{mkoctfile} from the shell prompt, not from the Octave prompt.
+##
+## See the man or info page of @code{mkoctfile} for a full description.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function mkoctfile ()
+
+  error ("run mkoctfile from the shell prompt, not from the Octave prompt");
+
+endfunction