% -*- texinfo -*-
% @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{val} =} pathdef
% Return the default path for Octave.
% The path information is extracted from one of three sources.
% In order of preference, those are;
%
% @enumerate
% @item @file{~/.octaverc}
% @item @file{<octave-home>/@dots{}/<version>/m/startup/octaverc}
% @item Octave's path prior to changes by any octaverc.
% @end enumerate
% @seealso{path, addpath, rmpath, genpath, savepath, pathsep}
% @end deftypefn