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+%% Automatically generated from DejaGNU files
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/time-1.m
+%!assert(time () > 0);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/ctime-1.m
+%!test
+%! t = time ();
+%! assert(strcmp (asctime (localtime (t)), ctime (t)));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/ctime-2.m
+%!error ctime ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/ctime-3.m
+%!error ctime (1, 2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/gmtime-1.m
+%!test
+%! ts = gmtime (time ());
+%! assert((isstruct (ts)
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "usec")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "year")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "mon")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "mday")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "sec")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "min")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "wday")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "hour")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "isdst")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "yday")));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/gmtime-2.m
+%!error <... gmtime:.*> gmtime ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/gmtime-3.m
+%!error <... gmtime:.*> gmtime (1, 2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/localtime-1.m
+%!test
+%! ts = localtime (time ());
+%! assert((isstruct (ts)
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "usec")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "year")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "mon")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "mday")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "sec")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "min")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "wday")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "hour")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "isdst")
+%! && struct_contains (ts, "yday")));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/localtime-2.m
+%!error <... localtime:.*> localtime ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/localtime-3.m
+%!error <... localtime:.*> localtime (1, 2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/mktime-1.m
+%!test
+%! t = time ();
+%! assert(fix (mktime (localtime (t))) == fix (t));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/mktime-2.m
+%!error <... mktime:.*> mktime ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/mktime-3.m
+%!error <... mktime:.*> mktime (1, 2, 3);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/asctime-1.m
+%!test
+%! t = time ();
+%! assert(strcmp (asctime (localtime (t)), ctime (t)));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/asctime-2.m
+%!error asctime ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/asctime-3.m
+%!error asctime (1, 2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/strftime-1.m
+%!assert((isstr (strftime ("%%%n%t%H%I%k%l", localtime (time ())))
+%! && isstr (strftime ("%M%p%r%R%s%S%T", localtime (time ())))
+%! && isstr (strftime ("%X%Z%z%a%A%b%B", localtime (time ())))
+%! && isstr (strftime ("%c%C%d%e%D%h%j", localtime (time ())))
+%! && isstr (strftime ("%m%U%w%W%x%y%Y", localtime (time ())))));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/strftime-2.m
+%!error <... strftime:.*> strftime ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/strftime-3.m
+%!error <... strftime:.*> strftime ("foo", localtime (time ()), 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/clock-1.m
+%!test
+%! t1 = clock;
+%! t2 = str2num (strftime ("[%Y, %m, %d, %H, %M, %S]", localtime (time ())));
+%! assert(etime (t1, t2) < 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/date-1.m
+%!assert(strcmp (date (), strftime ("%d-%b-%Y", localtime (time ()))));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/etime-1.m
+%!test
+%! t1 = [1993, 8, 20, 4, 56, 1];
+%! t2 = [1993, 8, 21, 4, 56, 1];
+%! t3 = [1993, 8, 20, 5, 56, 1];
+%! t4 = [1993, 8, 20, 4, 57, 1];
+%! t5 = [1993, 8, 20, 4, 56, 14];
+%! 
+%! assert((etime (t2, t1) == 86400 && etime (t3, t1) == 3600
+%! && etime (t4, t1) == 60 && etime (t5, t1) == 13));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/etime-2.m
+%!error etime ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/etime-3.m
+%!error etime (1, 2, 3);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/cputime-1.m
+%!test
+%! [t1, u1, s1] = cputime ();
+%! for i = 1:200
+%! sin (i);
+%! endfor
+%! [t2, u2, s2] = cputime ();
+%! assert(t1 == u1 + s1 && t2 == u2 + s2 && t2 >= t1 && u2 >= u2 && s2 >= s2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/is_leap_year-1.m
+%!assert((is_leap_year (2000) == 1 && is_leap_year (1976) == 1
+%! && is_leap_year (1000) == 0 && is_leap_year (1800) == 0
+%! && is_leap_year (1600) == 1));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/is_leap_year-2.m
+%!error is_leap_year (1, 2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/tic-toc-1.m
+%!test
+%! tic ();
+%! sleep (2);
+%! assert(toc () > 0);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/pause-1.m
+%!test
+%! pause (0);
+%! printf_assert ("ok\n");
+%! assert(prog_output_assert("ok"));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/pause-2.m
+%!error <... pause:.*> pause (1, 2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/sleep-1.m
+%!test
+%! sleep (0);
+%! printf_assert ("ok\n");
+%! assert(prog_output_assert("ok"));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/sleep-2.m
+%!error <... sleep:.*> sleep ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/sleep-3.m
+%!error <... sleep:.*> sleep (1, 2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/usleep-1.m
+%!test
+%! usleep (0);
+%! printf_assert ("ok\n");
+%! assert(prog_output_assert("ok"));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/usleep-2.m
+%!error <... usleep:.*> usleep ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/usleep-3.m
+%!error <... usleep:.*> usleep (1, 2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/rename-1.m
+%!test
+%! from = tmpnam ();
+%! to = tmpnam ();
+%! id = fopen (from, "wb");
+%! if (id > 0 && fclose (id) == 0)
+%!   [s, e] = stat (from);
+%!   if (! e)
+%!     if (rename (from, to) == 0)
+%!       [s, e] = stat (from);
+%!       if (e < 0)
+%!         [s, e] = stat (to);
+%!         assert(e == 0);
+%!         unlink (to);
+%!       endif
+%!     endif
+%!   endif
+%! endif
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/rename-2.m
+%!error <... rename:.*> rename ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/rename-3.m
+%!error <... rename:.*> rename ("foo", "bar", 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/unlink-1.m
+%!test
+%! nm = tmpnam ();
+%! if ((id = fopen (nm, "wb")) > 0)
+%!   [s, err] = stat (nm);
+%!   if (! err && fclose (id) == 0 && unlink (nm) == 0)
+%!     [s, err] = stat (nm);
+%!     assert(err < 0);
+%!   endif
+%! endif
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/unlink-2.m
+%!error <... unlink:.*> unlink ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/unlink-3.m
+%!error <... unlink:.*> unlink ("foo", 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/readdir-1.m
+%!test
+%! [files, status, msg] = readdir ("/");
+%! assert(iscell (files) && status == 0 && msg == "");
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/readdir-2.m
+%!error <... readdir:.*> readdir ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/readdir-3.m
+%!error <... readdir:.*> readdir ("foo", 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/mk-rm-dir-1.m
+%!test
+%! nm = tmpnam ();
+%! e1 = mkdir (nm);
+%! [s2, e2] = stat (nm);
+%! e3 = rmdir (nm);
+%! [s4, e4] = stat (nm);
+%! assert((e1 && strcmp (s2.modestr(1), "d") && e3 && e4 < 0));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/mkdir-1.m
+%!error <... mkdir:.*> mkdir ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/mkdir-2.m
+%!error <... mkdir:.*> mkdir ("foo", 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/rmdir-1.m
+%!error <... rmdir:.*> rmdir ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/rmdir-2.m
+%!assert(!rmdir ("foo", 1));
+
+%% XXX FIXME XXX This test messes up the path it seems!! Why?
+%% test/octave.test/system/umask-1.m
+%!#test
+%! umask (0);
+%! nm = tmpnam ();
+%! id = fopen (nm, "wb");
+%! s1 = stat (nm);
+%! fclose (id);
+%! unlink (nm);
+%! 
+%! umask (777);
+%! nm = tmpnam ();
+%! id = fopen (nm, "wb");
+%! s2 = stat (nm);
+%! fclose (id);
+%! unlink (nm);
+%! 
+%! assert(strcmp (s1.modestr, "-rw-rw-rw-") && strcmp (s2.modestr, "----------"));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/umask-2.m
+%!error <... umask:.*> umask ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/umask-3.m
+%!error <... umask:.*> umask (1, 2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/stat-1.m
+%!test
+%! [s, err, msg] = stat ("/");
+%! assert((err == 0
+%! && isstruct (s)
+%! && struct_contains (s, "dev")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "ino")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "modestr")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "nlink")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "uid")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "gid")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "size")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "atime")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "mtime")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "ctime")
+%! && isstr (msg)));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/stat-2.m
+%!error <... stat:.*> stat ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/stat-3.m
+%!error <... stat:.*> stat ("foo", 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/lstat-1.m
+%!test
+%! [s, err, msg] = lstat ("/");
+%! assert((err == 0
+%! && isstruct (s)
+%! && struct_contains (s, "dev")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "ino")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "modestr")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "nlink")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "uid")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "gid")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "size")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "atime")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "mtime")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "ctime")
+%! && isstr (msg)));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/lstat-2.m
+%!error <... lstat:.*> lstat ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/lstat-3.m
+%!error <... lstat:.*> lstat ("foo", 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/glob-1.m
+%!assert(iscell (glob ("/*")));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/glob-2.m
+%!error <... glob:*> glob ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/glob-3.m
+%!error <... glob:.*> glob ("foo", 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/fnmatch-1.m
+%!test
+%! string_fill_char = setstr (0);
+%! assert((fnmatch ("a*a", ["aba"; "xxxba"; "aa"]) == [1; 0; 1]
+%! && fnmatch (["a*a"; "b*b"], "bob")
+%! && fnmatch ("x[0-5]*", ["x1"; "x6"]) == [1; 0]
+%! && fnmatch ("x[0-5]*", ["x1"; "x6"; "x001"]) == [1; 0; 1]
+%! && fnmatch ("x???y", ["xabcy"; "xy"]) == [1; 0]));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/fnmatch-2.m
+%!error <... fnmatch:.*> fnmatch ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/fnmatch-3.m
+%!error <... fnmatch:.*> fnmatch ("foo", "bar", 3);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/file_in_path-1.m
+%!assert(isstr (file_in_path (LOADPATH, "date.m")));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/file_in_path-2.m
+%!error <invalid option> file_in_path ("foo", "bar", 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/file_in_path-3.m
+%!error <... file_in_path:.*> file_in_path ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/file_in_path-4.m
+%!error <... file_in_path:.*> file_in_path ("foo", "bar", "baz", "ooka");
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/tilde_expand-1.m
+%!test
+%! x = getpwuid (getuid ());
+%! assert((strcmp (x.dir, tilde_expand ("~"))
+%! && strcmp (x.dir, tilde_expand (sprintf ("~%s", x.name)))
+%! && strcmp ("foobar", tilde_expand ("foobar"))));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/tilde_expand-2.m
+%!error <... tilde_expand:.*> tilde_expand ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/tilde_expand-3.m
+%!error <... tilde_expand:.*> tilde_expand ("str", 2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getpgrp-1.m
+%!assert(getpgrp () > 0);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getpgrp-2.m
+%!error <... getpgrp> getpgrp (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getpid-1.m
+%!assert(getpid () > 0);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getpid-2.m
+%!error <... getpid> getpid (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getppid-1.m
+%!assert(getppid () > 0);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getppid-2.m
+%!error <... getppid> getppid (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/geteuid-1.m
+%!assert(geteuid () >= 0);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/geteuid-2.m
+%!error <... geteuid> geteuid (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getuid-1.m
+%!assert(getuid () >= 0);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getuid-2.m
+%!error <... getuid> getuid (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getegid-1.m
+%!assert(getegid () >= 0);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getegid-2.m
+%!error <... getegid> getegid (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getgid-1.m
+%!assert(getgid () >= 0);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getgid-2.m
+%!error <... getgid> getgid (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getenv-1.m
+%!assert(strcmp (getenv ("HOME"), tilde_expand ("~")));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getenv-2.m
+%!error <... getenv:.*> getenv ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getenv-3.m
+%!error <... getenv:.*> getenv ("foo", 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getenv-4.m
+%!test
+%! wns = warn_num_to_str;
+%! warn_num_to_str = 1;
+%! fail("getenv (1)","warning");
+%! warn_num_to_str = wns;
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/putenv-1.m
+%!test
+%! putenv ("foobar", "baz");
+%! assert(strcmp (getenv ("foobar"), "baz"));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/putenv-2.m
+%!error <... putenv:.*> putenv ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/putenv-3.m
+%!error <... putenv:.*> putenv ("foo", "bar", 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/putenv-4.m
+%!test
+%! wns = warn_num_to_str;
+%! warn_num_to_str = 1;
+%! fail("putenv (1, 2)","warning");
+%! warn_num_to_str = wns;
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/cd-1.m
+%!test
+%! xdir = pwd ();
+%! cd /
+%! d1 = pwd ();
+%! cd (xdir);
+%! assert("/", d1);
+%! assert(pwd(), xdir);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/cd-2.m
+%!error cd (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/pwd-1.m
+%!assert(isstr (pwd ()));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/ls-1.m
+%!error ls (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getpwent-1.m
+%!test
+%! s = getpwent ();
+%! assert((isstruct (s)
+%! && struct_contains (s, "name")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "passwd")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "uid")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "gid")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "gecos")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "dir")
+%! && struct_contains (s, "shell")));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getpwent-2.m
+%!error <... getpwent:.*> getpwent (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getpwuid-1.m
+%!test
+%! x = getpwent ();
+%! y = getpwuid (x.uid);
+%! 
+%! assert(strcmp (x.name, y.name) && x.uid == y.uid && x.gid == y.gid);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getpwuid-2.m
+%!error <... getpwuid:.*> getpwuid ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getpwuid-3.m
+%!error <... getpwuid:.*> getpwuid (1, 2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getpwnam-1.m
+%!test
+%! x = getpwent ();
+%! y = getpwnam (x.name);
+%! 
+%! assert(strcmp (x.name, y.name) && x.uid == y.uid && x.gid == y.gid);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getpwnam-2.m
+%!error <... getpwnam:.*> getpwnam ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getpwnam-3.m
+%!error <... getpwnam:.*> getpwnam ("foo", 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/setpwent-1.m
+%!test
+%! x = getpwent ();
+%! setpwent ();
+%! y = getpwent ();
+%! 
+%! assert(strcmp (x.name, y.name) && x.uid == y.uid && x.gid == y.gid);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/setpwent-2.m
+%!error <... setpwent:.*> setpwent (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/endpwent-1.m
+%!error <... endpwent:.*> endpwent (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getgrent-1.m
+%!test
+%! x = getgrent ();
+%! assert((isstruct (x)
+%! && struct_contains (x, "name")
+%! && struct_contains (x, "passwd")
+%! && struct_contains (x, "gid")
+%! && struct_contains (x, "mem")));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getgrent-2.m
+%!error <... getgrent:.*> getgrent (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getgrgid-1.m
+%!test
+%! x = getgrent ();
+%! y = getgrgid (x.gid);
+%! 
+%! assert(strcmp (x.name, y.name) && x.gid == y.gid);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getgrgid-2.m
+%!error <... getgrgid:.*> getgrgid ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getgrgid-3.m
+%!error <... getgrgid:.*> getgrgid (1, 2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getgrnam-1.m
+%!test
+%! x = getgrent ();
+%! y = getgrnam (x.name);
+%! 
+%! assert(strcmp (x.name, y.name) && x.gid == y.gid);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getgrnam-2.m
+%!error <... getgrnam:.*> getgrnam ();
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getgrnam-3.m
+%!error <... getgrnam:.*> getgrnam ("foo", 1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/setgrent-1.m
+%!test
+%! x = getgrent ();
+%! setgrent ();
+%! y = getgrent ();
+%! 
+%! assert(strcmp (x.name, y.name) && x.gid == y.gid);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/setgrent-2.m
+%!error <... setgrent:.*> setgrent (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/endgrent-1.m
+%!error <... endgrent:.*> endgrent (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/computer-1.m
+%!assert((isstr (computer ())
+%! && computer () == octave_config_info ("canonical_host_type")));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/computer-2.m
+%!warning a =computer(2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/isieee-1.m
+%!assert(isieee () == 1 || isieee () == 0);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/version-1.m
+%!assert(isstr (version ()) && strcmp (version (), OCTAVE_VERSION));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/version-2.m
+%!warning version (1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/octave_config_info-1.m
+%!assert(isstruct (octave_config_info ()));
+
+%% test/octave.test/system/getrusage-1.m
+%!assert(isstruct (getrusage ()));
+