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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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