Re: Octave can't see its own functions?

[David Bateman]

Maxim Düster wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I installed Octave 2.9.10 from source with Cygwin on WinXP. Everything 
> is ok, Octave runs, built-in functions work properly, but neither of the 
> functions in the 'share\octave\2.9.10\m\' directory does work:
>
> octave:3> dir
> error: `dir' undefined near line 3 column 1
>
> octave:4> help plot
>
> help: `plot' not found
> Additional help for built-in functions and operators is
> available in the on-line version of the manual.  Use the command
> `doc <topic>' to search the manual index.
>
> octave:5> doc plot
> parse error:
>
>   syntax error
>
>  >>> doc plot
>             ^
>
> All the .m-files are there. What should I do?
>   


What does "pathdef" give you (this is a builtin and so should be there)? 
Is the default path returned correct? Does it include the octave m-file 
directorie?

D.