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<MAN>
	<LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE>
	<TITLE>startup</TITLE>
	<TYPE>Scilab Function</TYPE>
	<DATE>November 2006</DATE>
	<SHORT_DESCRIPTION name="startup"> startup file</SHORT_DESCRIPTION>
	
	<DESCRIPTION>
		<P>
			The startup file <VERB>SCIHOME/.scilab</VERB> and <VERB>SCIHOME/scilab.ini</VERB> in 
			are automatically executed (if present) when Scilab is invoked, in addition with the 
			file <VERB>scilab.star</VERB> in the Scilab directory (SCI).
		</P>
	</DESCRIPTION>
	<SECTION label="Remarks">
		<P>
			Last line of startup file must be terminated by a newline to be taken into account.
		</P>
		<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>
	
	<SEE_ALSO>
		<SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
			<LINK>scilab</LINK>
		</SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
	</SEE_ALSO>
	
	
</MAN>
