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  <LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE>
  <TITLE>scilab  </TITLE>
  <TYPE>Scilab Function  </TYPE>
  <DATE>May 199</DATE>
  <SHORT_DESCRIPTION name="scilab"> Major unix script to execute Scilab and miscellaneous tools  </SHORT_DESCRIPTION>
  <CALLING_SEQUENCE>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>scilab &lt;Options&gt; </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
  </CALLING_SEQUENCE>
  <DESCRIPTION>
    <DESCRIPTION_INDENT>
      <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="-args Arguments">
	<SP>: if this option is present arguments are passed to
	  Scilab. They can then be got by <LINK>sciargs</LINK> function. For
	  multi arguments passing use a quoted, blank separated
	  sequence of words like: 
	  <VERB>scilab -args 'foo1 foo2'</VERB></SP>
      </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>

      <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="-display Display">
	<SP>: for use under Xwindow systems only to set a specific X server
	  display. Default display is unix:0.0</SP>
	<P><VERB>-display</VERB> can be abbreviated by <VERB>-d</VERB></P>
      </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>

      <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="-debug">
	<SP>: Start Scilab under the debugguer gdb (Unix/linux only).</SP>
      </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>

      <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="-e Instruction">
	<SP>: if this option is present then Scilab instruction
	  <VERB>Instruction</VERB> is executed first (just after startup file
	  execution) into Scilab. <VERB>-e</VERB> and <VERB>-f</VERB>
	  options are mutually exclusive.</SP>
      </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>

      <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="-f file">
	<SP>: if this option is present then Scilab script
	  <VERB>file</VERB> is executed first (just after startup file
	  execution) into Scilab. <VERB>-e</VERB> and <VERB>-f</VERB>
	  options are mutually exclusive.</SP>
      </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>

      <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="-l lang">
	<SP>:if this option is present it fixes the user
	  language. The possible <VERB>lang</VERB> values are
	  <VERB>'fr'</VERB> for french and <VERB>'eng'</VERB> for
	  english. The default language is english. This default
	  value is fixed the <VERB>scilab.star</VERB> file.</SP>
      </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>

      <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="scilab -link &lt;objects&gt;">
	<SP>: Is used to produce a local <VERB>scilex</VERB>
	  (executable code of Scilab) linked with the additional files
	  given by the user in <VERB>&lt;objects&gt;</VERB>. This command also produces a
	  <VERB>scilab</VERB> script, which when called will ran the
	  new generated scilex file.</SP>
	<P>
	  For example:</P>
	<VERBATIM>
	  <![CDATA[
	  scilab -link  C/interf.o C/evol.o C/bib.a
	  ]]>
	</VERBATIM>
	<P>will create a new <VERB>scilex</VERB> file in which the default <VERB>interf.o</VERB> 
	  file will be replaced by <VERB>C/interf.o</VERB>.</P>
	<P><VERB>-link</VERB> option cannot be used with any of the other options.</P>
      </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>

      <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="-mem N">
	<SP>:set the initial stacksize, for use with -ns option. Without
	  -ns option the initial stacksize is set by scilab.star script.</SP>
      </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>

      <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="-nb">
	<SP>:if this option is present then  the scilab welcome banner
	  is not displayed.</SP>
      </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>

		<DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="-ns">
			<SP>
				:if this option is  present the startup file
				<VERB>SCI/scilab.star</VERB> and the user startup files
				<VERB>SCIHOME/.scilab</VERB>, <VERB>SCIHOME/scilab.ini</VERB> are not executed.
			</SP>
		</DESCRIPTION_ITEM>
		
		<DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="-nouserstartup">
			<SP>
				:if this option is  present the user startup files
				<VERB>SCIHOME/.scilab</VERB>, <VERB>SCIHOME/scilab.ini</VERB> are not executed.
			</SP>
		</DESCRIPTION_ITEM>

      <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="-nw">
	<SP>:if this option is present then  scilab is not run in an specific window.</SP>
      </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>
      <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="-nwni">
	<SP>:if this option is present then  scilab is not run in an
	  specific window and does not accept user interaction. This option
	  may be used with -f or -e options.</SP>
      </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>

      <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="--texmacs">
	<SP>:This option is reserved for TeXMacs.</SP>
      </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>
    </DESCRIPTION_INDENT>
  </DESCRIPTION>
   
	<SECTION label='Remark'>
		<P>
			SCIHOME definition: 
			On Windows : C:/Documents and Settings/&lt;User&gt;/Scilab/&lt;Scilab-Version&gt;
			On Linux/Unix : /home/&lt;User&gt;/.Scilab/&lt;Scilab-Version&gt;
		</P>
	</SECTION>
	
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