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Octave uses the values of the following environment variables to set the default values for the corresponding built-in variables. In addition, the values from the environment may be overridden by command-line arguments. See Command Line Options.
EDITOR
Built-in variable: EDITOR.
OCTAVE_EXEC_PATH
Built-in variable: EXEC_PATH.
Command-line argument: --exec-path.
OCTAVE_PATH
Built-in variable: LOADPATH.
Command-line argument: --path.
OCTAVE_INFO_FILE
Built-in variable: INFO_FILE.
Command-line argument: --info-file.
OCTAVE_INFO_PROGRAM
Built-in variable: INFO_PROGRAM.
Command-line argument: --info-program.
OCTAVE_HISTSIZE
Built-in variable: history_size.
OCTAVE_HISTFILE
Built-in variable: history_file.