--- a/src/ChangeLog	Wed Jan 10 19:20:10 2007 +0000
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Wed Jan 10 21:13:22 2007 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-01-10  Luis F. Ortiz  <lortiz@interactivesupercomputing.com>
+
+	* parse.y (load_fcn_from_file): Delete unused variable NAMES.
+	If NM is absolute, strip directory and extension parts.
+
 2007-01-10  Michael Goffioul  <michael.goffioul@swing.be>
 
 	* DLD-FUNCTIONS/getrusage.cc: Use #ifdef __WIN32__, not __MINGW32__.

--- a/src/parse.y	Wed Jan 10 19:20:10 2007 +0000
+++ b/src/parse.y	Wed Jan 10 21:13:22 2007 +0000
@@ -3399,15 +3399,15 @@
 }
 
 bool
-load_fcn_from_file (const std::string& nm, bool exec_script)
+load_fcn_from_file (const std::string& nm_arg, bool exec_script)
 {
   unwind_protect::begin_frame ("load_fcn_from_file");
 
   bool script_file_executed = false;
 
-  string_vector names (2);
-
-  int nm_len = nm.length ();
+  std::string nm = nm_arg;
+
+  size_t nm_len = nm.length ();
 
   std::string file;
 
@@ -3417,6 +3417,9 @@
 	  || (nm_len > 2 && nm.substr (nm_len-2) == ".m")))
     {
       file = nm;
+
+      nm = octave_env::base_pathname (file);
+      nm = nm.substr (0, nm.find_last_of ('.'));
     }
   else
     {