[Scilab-Dev] a kind of regression

[Stéphane Mottelet]

Le 26/04/2010 17:39, Sylvestre Ledru a écrit :
> Le lundi 26 avril 2010 à 17:09 +0200, Stéphane Mottelet a écrit :
>    
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Since the 5.0 version is it no more possible to know the location
>> of Scilab main script by using the SCI variable. Before 5.0, it was
>> simple, since scilab main script was in SCI/bin. Now, the scilab script
>> can be anywhere, e.g. in the Ubuntu scilab package scilab is in
>> /usr/bin, but if a user builds it from source, the script is in SCI/bin.
>> Maybe is there another way (within Scilab) to know the location of
>> the script/binary ?
>>      
> Good question. You probably know but it is easy to retrieve scilab-bin with sciargs.
>
> About the Scilab script, in most of the case, you should be able to find
> it with:
> SCI+"../../bin/scilab"
> I agree this is not what you expect but this will work with both
> official binaries and distribution packages (grosso modo, as long as the
> user does not force a weird data directory)
>
> Sylvestre
>
>
>
>    
Which solution is the most reliable to you (multiplatform ?) :

1-suppose that the scilab script and the scilab binary are in the
same folder
2-the SCI+"../../bin/scilab" trick ?

S.