[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #42064] executing empty m-file as a command fails

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #42064 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => Confirmed              
                 Summary: file search fails for . => executing empty m-file as
a command fails

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Follow-up Comment #2:

Confirmed, executing an empty m-file did work in 3.6.4 but fails in 3.8.x and
later. Using either source or run work as a workaround. Or adding a single '#'
character to the file makes it a valid file for executing.


octave:1> system ("> cd_data.m");
octave:2> cd_data
error: 'cd_data' undefined near line 1 column 1
octave:2> source cd_data.m  ## no error
octave:3> run cd_data  ## no error
octave:4> system ("echo # > cd_data.m");
octave:5> cd_data  ## no error now


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