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SCIHOME
contains the path to preferences, history files of your Scilab session.
Description
The SCIHOME contains the path to preferences, history files
of your Scilab session.
SCIHOME definition:
On Windows XP: "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Scilab\<Scilab-Version>" with %USERPROFILE% similar to "C:\Documents and Settings\<User>".
On Windows Vista, 7 and 8: "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Scilab\<Scilab-Version>" with %USERPROFILE% similar to "C:\Users\<User>".
On GNU/Linux or Unix: /home/<User>/.Scilab/<Scilab-Version>
On Mac OS X: /Users/<User>/.Scilab/<Scilab-Version>
<User> is your current login name
<Scilab-Version> is current version of Scilab used.
 | The default path assigned to SCIHOME may be replaced with a given path
specified with the -scihome option when launching Scilab. |
See also
- SCI — variable containing the value of the root path of Scilab.
- TMPDIR — temporary directory path.
- Scilab startup — runs Scilab in interactive or batch mode with command line options
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