startup
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startup files



Description
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The startup files `SCIHOME`_/.scilab or `SCIHOME`_/scilab.ini are
automatically executed (if present) when Scilab is invoked, in
addition with the file `SCI`_/etc/scilab.start.



Remarks
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Last line of startup file must be terminated by a newline to be taken
into account.



See Also
~~~~~~~~


+ `scilab`_ Main script to start Scilab and miscellaneous tools
  (GNU/Linux, Unix and Mac OS X)



+ `SCIHOME`_ contains the path to preferences, history files of your
  Scilab session.



+ `SCI`_ variable containing the value of the root path of Scilab.



+ `TMPDIR`_ temporary directory path.


.. _SCI: SCI.html
.. _scilab: scilab.html
.. _SCIHOME: SCIHOME.html
.. _TMPDIR: TMPDIR.html