Bug No- 5466 Advice needed

[shankhs ch]

This is on windows,

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 5:31 PM, shankhs ch <shankhsps at gmail.com> wrote:

> HI
> I reproduced the bug using the program given in the 5466 bug page
> http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5466 :
>
> A = sprand(400,400,0.01);
> B = sprand(100,100,0.1);
> unix('rm test_matfile.mat'); // be sure not file like this one exists
> savematfile('test_matfile.mat','A','B');
> clear
> loadmatfile('test_matfile.mat','A','B');
> size(A)
> size(B)
> clear
> A = rand(10,10);
> savematfile('test_matfile.mat','A');
> clear
> loadmatfile('test_matfile.mat','A');
> size(A) // It should display a size like 400 x 400 instead of 10 x 10
>
> The output is indeed 400. 400. But the logic says that it should be 10. 10.
> isn't it?
> I think I have identified the problem which is :
> "deletion"/"creation of another file with the same name( test_matfile.mat
> )" fails once the file is "created"/"if present in the directory as a result
> of previous execution" using the *unix('rm test_matfile.mat'); *command.
> Moreover the file is getting appended instead of getting created fresh
> everytime which is causing the complained behavior.To check this, run the
> above program and execute a number of times , check the filesize after every
> execution.
>
> I wanted to write this one in the bug page but since this is my first time
> and I am new to scilab so I thought its better to ask you guys.
> Any thoughts and advices?
>
> Thanks and regards
> shankhs
>
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