Developer FAQ

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1. How can I find which file implements a given command?

From within Octave, use 'which': 

octave:1> which addpath
'addpath' is a built-in function from the file libinterp/corefcn/load-path.cc

While editing the file, the function definition can be found by searching for something like 

(addpath,
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