Re: cannot start listen command

[Ben Abbott]

On Aug 11, 2008, at 5:05 AM, Sverker Sikström wrote:

> Hi
>
> This is probabaly a very simple questions, but I am stuck and new to
> Octave. I am trying to run the command 'listen'
> (http://octave.sourceforge.net/doc/f/listen.html) on Octave. But it  
> does
> not seem to find the command:
>
> octave-3.0.1:46> listen
> error: `listen' undefined near line 46 column 1
> octave-3.0.1:46>
>
> Have I not installed Octave correctly? I am using mac 0s 10.5. 4. Any
> help is appreciated!
>
> Sverker

I haven't tried to do this under Mac OS X, but you'll need to install  
the sockets package from Octave-Forge. The "listen" command is part of  
that package (it is not part of Octave's core functions).

        http://octave.sourceforge.net/sockets/index.html

To install see "help pkg"

Ben