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+## Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Ben Abbott
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
+## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+## your option) any later version.
+##
+## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} matlabroot ()
+## Return the name of the top-level Octave installation directory.
+##
+## This is an alias for the function @w{@code{OCTAVE_HOME}} provided
+## for compatibility.
+## @seealso{OCTAVE_HOME}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function val = matlabroot ()
+
+  val = OCTAVE_HOME;
+
+endfunction
+
+%!assert (matlabroot(), OCTAVE_HOME())
+