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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {@var{val} =} pathdef ()
## Return the default path for Octave.
##
## The path information is extracted from one of four sources.
## The possible sources, in order of preference, are:
##
## @enumerate
## @item @file{.octaverc}
##
## @item @file{~/.octaverc}
##
## @item @file{<OCTAVE_HOME>/@dots{}/<version>/m/startup/octaverc}
##
## @item Octave's path prior to changes by any octaverc file.
## @end enumerate
## @seealso{path, addpath, rmpath, genpath, savepath}
## @end deftypefn

function val = pathdef ()

  ## Locate any project-specific .octaverc file.
  proj_octaverc = fullfile (pwd, ".octaverc");
  if (exist (proj_octaverc, "file"))
    proj_path = __extractpath__ (proj_octaverc);
    if (! isempty (proj_path))
      val = proj_path;
      return;
    endif
  endif

  ## Locate the user's ~/.octaverc file.
  user_octaverc = fullfile ("~", ".octaverc");
  if (exist (user_octaverc, "file"))
    user_path = __extractpath__ (user_octaverc);
    if (! isempty (user_path))
      val = user_path;
      return;
    endif
  endif

  ## No user octaverc file, locate the site octaverc file.
  pathdir = __octave_config_info__ ("localstartupfiledir");
  site_octaverc = fullfile (pathdir, "octaverc");
  site_path = __extractpath__ (site_octaverc);
  if (! isempty (site_path))
    val = site_path;
    return;
  endif

  ## No project, user, or site octaverc file.  Use Octave's default.
  val = __pathorig__ ();

endfunction

## Extract the path information from the script/function @var{file}, created by
## @file{savepath.m}.  If successful, @code{__extractpath__} returns the path
## specified in @var{file}.

function path = __extractpath__ (savefile)

  [filelines, startline, endline] = getsavepath (savefile);
  if (startline > 0)
    tmp = regexprep (filelines(startline+1:endline-1),
                     "^.*path \\('([^\']+)'.*$", "$1");
    path = strjoin (tmp, ":");
  else
    path = "";
  endif

endfunction


## Test that pathdef does not contain a newly added directory
%!test
%! path_orig = path ();
%! tmp_dir = tempname ();
%! unwind_protect
%!   mkdir (tmp_dir);
%!   ## Required on Windows to make sure an 8.3 name is converted to full name
%!   ## which is what is always stored in path().  See bug #59039.
%!   tmp_dir = canonicalize_file_name (tmp_dir);
%!   addpath (tmp_dir);
%!   p1 = path ();
%!   p2 = pathdef ();
%!   assert (! isempty (strfind (p1, tmp_dir)));
%!   assert (isempty (strfind (p2, tmp_dir)));
%! unwind_protect_cleanup
%!   sts = rmdir (tmp_dir);
%!   path (path_orig);
%! end_unwind_protect

## Test that pathdef does not modify the current load path
%!test <*51994>
%! path_orig = path ();
%! tmp_dir = tempname ();
%! unwind_protect
%!   mkdir (tmp_dir);
%!   tmp_dir = canonicalize_file_name (tmp_dir);
%!   addpath (tmp_dir);
%!   path_1 = path ();
%!   p = pathdef ();
%!   path_2 = path ();
%!   assert (path_1, path_2);
%! unwind_protect_cleanup
%!   sts = rmdir (tmp_dir);
%!   path (path_orig);
%! end_unwind_protect

## Test input validation
%!error pathdef (1)
%!error pathdef ("/")
