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octave-config - GNU Octave component and library information retrieval

octave-config [option]...

octave-config is a tool to obtain directory information for .oct and .m files for

Display the main directory for local, or site-specific, .m script files.
Display the main directory for local, or site-specific, .oct dynamic-link libraries.
Print the default value of the Octave configuration variable VAR. Recognized variables are: 
API_VERSION                 LOCALARCHLIBDIR
ARCHLIBDIR                  LOCALFCNFILEDIR
BINDIR                      LOCALOCTFILEDIR
CANONICAL_HOST_TYPE         LOCALSTARTUPFILEDIR
DATADIR                     LOCALVERARCHLIBDIR
DATAROOTDIR                 LOCALVERFCNFILEDIR
DEFAULT_PAGER               LOCALVEROCTFILEDIR
EXEEXT                      MAN1DIR
FCNFILEDIR                  MAN1EXT
IMAGEDIR                    MANDIR
INCLUDEDIR                  OCTAVE_EXEC_HOME
INFODIR                     OCTAVE_HOME
INFOFILE                    OCTDATADIR
LIBDIR                      OCTDOCDIR
LIBEXECDIR                  OCTFILEDIR
LOCALAPIARCHLIBDIR          OCTFONTSDIR
LOCALAPIFCNFILEDIR          OCTINCLUDEDIR
LOCALAPIOCTFILEDIR          OCTLIBDIR
LOCALAPIPKGDIR              STARTUPFILEDIR
                            VERSION
Display the version number of
Print help message.

John W. Eaton and many others. The list of contributors to the Octave project may be shown from within octave by executing "doc Acknowledgements". The list is also available online at https://docs.octave.org/latest/Acknowledgements.html.

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