I was looking at the Makefile, and it had some comments asking for suggestions for how to extract the version numbers of octave.
How about: majorversion := $(shell mkoctfile --version 2>&1 \ | awk -F '[. ]' '{print $$3}') minorversion := $(shell mkoctfile --version 2>&1 \ | awk -F '[. ]' '{print $$4}') microversion := $(shell mkoctfile --version 2>&1 \ | awk -F '[. ]' '{print $$5}') The backslashes are there only because I can't fit it all on one line with my email client. Or: majorversion := $(word 3,$(shell mkoctfile --version 2>&1 \ | sed 's/\./ /g')) minorversion := $(word 4,$(shell mkoctfile --version 2>&1 \ | sed 's/\./ /g')) microversion := $(word 5,$(shell mkoctfile --version 2>&1 \ | sed 's/\./ /g')) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev