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PDFA and EXFO Laser are now part of the family

Functions/helper_functions_community/mat2tikz/test/private/cleanFiles.m

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+function cleanFiles(cleanBefore)
+% clean output files in ./tex using make
+%FIXME: this file appears to be unused (but it is useful)
+%FIXME: adapt this file to take the output directory into account
+    if cleanBefore && exist(fullfile('tex','Makefile'),'file')
+        fprintf(1, 'Cleaning output files...\n');
+        cwd = pwd;
+        try
+            cd('tex');
+            [exitCode, output] = system('make distclean');
+            fprintf(1,'%s\n', output);
+            assert(exitCode==0, 'Exit code 0 means correct execution');
+        catch
+            % This might happen when make is not present
+            fprintf(2, '\tNot completed succesfully\n\n');
+        end
+        cd(cwd);
+    end
+end