## Copyright (C) 2013 John Donoghue
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} prefdir 
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{dir} =} prefdir 
## Return the directory that contains the preferences for Octave.
##
## Examples:
##
## Display the preferences directory
## @example
## prefdir
## @end example
##
## Change to the preferences folder
## @example
## cd (prefdir)
## @end example
## @seealso{getpref, setpref, addpref, rmpref, ispref}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: John Donoghue
## Version: 0.01

function folder = prefdir ()

  folder = getenv ("HOME");

endfunction