scilab - Major unix script to execute Scilab and miscellaneous tools

Calling Sequence

scilab [-ns -nw -display display -f file -args arguments]

scilab -help [ <key> ]

scilab -k <key>

scilab -xk <key>

scilab -link <objects>

Description

scilab [-ns -nw -display display -f path -args arguments] : run scilab.

-ns :if this option is present the startup file SCI/scilab.star is not executed.

-nw :if this option is present then scilab is not run in an X window.

-f file : if this option is present then Scilab script file is executed first into Scilab.

-args arguments : if this option is present arguments are passed to Scilab. They can then be got by sciargs function. For multi arguments passing use a quoted, blank separated sequence of words like: scilab -args 'foo1 foo2'

scilab -help <key> : write on-line documentation about <key> (usually automatically called by scilab command "help <key>"). Example:

scilab -help plot3d
   

scilab -k <key> : gives the list of Scilab commands containing the keyword <key> in their description (usually automatically called by scilab command "apropos <key>")

scilab -xk <key> : gives the list of Scilab commands containing the keyword <key> in their description in a X window.

scilab -link <objects> : Is used to produce a local scilex (executable code of Scilab) linked with the additional files given by the user in <objects>. If, in the list of object files, some names are known from SCIDIR/routines/default, then the scilex default files are omitted and replaced with the given ones . This command also produces a xscilab script, which when called will ran the new generated scilex file.

For example:

scilab -link  C/interf.o C/evol.o C/bib.a
   

will create a new scilex file in which the default interf.o file will be replaced by C/interf.o.