## Copyright (C) 2007-2013 David Bateman
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Command} {} run @var{script}
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} run ("@var{script}")
## Run @var{script} in the current workspace.
##
## Scripts which reside in directories specified in Octave's load
## path, and which end with the extension @file{".m"}, can be run simply by
## typing their name.  For scripts not located on the load path, use @code{run}.
##
## The file name @var{script} can be a bare, fully qualified, or relative
## filename and with or without a file extension.  If no extension is specified,
## Octave will first search for a script with the @file{".m"} extension before
## falling back to the script name without an extension.
##
## Implementation Note: If @var{script} includes a path component, then
## @code{run} first changes the directory to the directory where @var{script}
## is found.  @code{run} then executes the script, and returns to the original
## directory. 
## @seealso{path, addpath, source}
## @end deftypefn

function run (script)

  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  [d, f, ext] = fileparts (script);
  if (! strcmp (ext, ".m"))
    ## prefer files with .m extension for compatibility with Matlab
    if (exist ([script ".m"], "file"))
      f = [f ext];
      ext = ".m";
      script = [script ".m"];
    endif
  endif
  
  if (! exist (script, "file"))
    error ("run: file SCRIPT must exist and be a valid Octave scriptfile");
  endif
  
  if (! isempty (d))
    if (exist (d, "dir"))
      wd = pwd ();
      unwind_protect
        cd (d);
        evalin ("caller", sprintf ('source ("%s%s");', f, ext),
                "rethrow (lasterror ())");
      unwind_protect_cleanup
        cd (wd);
      end_unwind_protect
    else
      error ("run: the path %s doesn't exist", d);
    endif
  else
    if (! isempty (ext))
      script = which (script);
    else
      ## Search PATH with null extension ('.' will be stripped and ext = "")
      script = which ([script "."]);
    endif
    evalin ("caller", sprintf ('source ("%s");', script),
            "rethrow (lasterror ())");
  endif
endfunction


%% Test input validation
%!error run ()
%!error run ("a", "b")
%!error <SCRIPT must exist> run ("__A_very_#unlikely#_file_name__")

