Extremely simple version control for Matlab code

Creates sequentially-numbered backups of existing m-file for safety while editing.

Description

vcp creates backups of existing m-files for easy backtracking when editing code.

The command
  vcp myprogram
entered on the command line, looks for an m-file named 'myprogram.m' on the Matlab search path. If it is found at, say, /home/kevin/matlab/plotting/, then a backup copy named 'myprogram.m.000' will be created in /home/kevin/matlab/plotting/devel/ (if the 'devel' sub-directory does not exist, it will be created). Subsequent calls to
  vcp myprogram
will create backups named 'myprogram.m.001', 'myprogram.m.002', etc.

The command
   vedit myprogram
would do the same, but would also open the specified program in the Matlab editor.

Works in both Unix and Windows.

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 6.1 (R12.1)