## Copyright (C) 2000  Etienne Grossmann
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} rmpath (@var{dir1}, @dots{})
## Remove @var{dir1}, @dots{} from the current @code{LOADPATH}.
##
## @seealso{path, addpath, savepath, pathsep}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Etienne Grossmann <etienne@cs.uky.edu>

## PKGADD: mark_as_command rmpath

function ret = rmpath (varargin)

  if (nargout > 0)
    ret = path ();
  endif

  psep = pathsep ();

  xpath = cellstr (split (path (), psep));
  n_path_elts = length (xpath);
  for i = 1:n_path_elts
    tmp = xpath{i};
    tmp = regexprep (tmp, "//+", "/");
    tmp = regexprep (tmp, "/$", "");
    xpath{i,1} = xpath{i};
    xpath{i,2} = tmp;
  endfor

  for i = 1:nargin
    dir_elts = cellstr (split (varargin{i}, psep));
    n_dir_elts = length (dir_elts);
    for j = 1:n_dir_elts
      dir = regexprep (dir_elts{j}, "//+", "/");
      dir = regexprep (dir, "/$", "");
      elt_found = false;
      for k = n_path_elts:-1:1
	if (strcmp (dir, xpath{k,2}))
	  xpath(k,:) = [];
	  n_path_elts--;
	  elt_found = true;
	endif
      endfor
      if (! elt_found)
	warning ("rmpath: %s: not found", dir);
      endif
    endfor
  endfor

  xpath{:,2} = psep;
  xpath{end,2} = "";
  xpath = xpath';

  tmp = strcat (xpath{:});

  tmp = strrep (tmp, DEFAULT_LOADPATH (), "");

  path (tmp);
  
endfunction  
