CHG: Cleanup; MATLAB -> Python; documentation

src/m/os/issmscpin.m

@@ -3,39 +3,37 @@ function issmscpin(host, login,port,path, packages)
 %
 %   usage: issmscpin(host,packages,path)
 %
+% NOTE: If users again have issues with file list (i.e.
+%
+%   {<FILE1>,<FILE2>,...<FILEN>}
+%
+% ), note that this a bash'ism and default shell should be checked. View file 
+% history for potential fix (i.e. some combination of -O and -T options).
 %
 
 %first get hostname
 hostname=oshostname();
 
-%first be sure packages are not in the current directory, this could conflict with pscp on windows. 
-for i=1:numel(packages),
-	if exist(packages{i},'file')
-		delete(packages{i});
-	end
-end
-
 %if hostname and host are the same, do a simple copy
 if strcmpi(hostname,host)
 	for i=1:numel(packages)
 		system(['cp ' path '/' packages{i} ' .']);
 	end
 else
-	%just use standard unix scp string to copy multiple files using scp: 
 	if numel(packages)==1,
-		string=packages{1};
+		fileliststr=packages{1};
 	else
-		string='\{';
+		fileliststr='\{';
 		for i=1:numel(packages)-1,
-			string=[string packages{i} ','];
+			fileliststr=[fileliststr packages{i} ','];
 		end
-		string=[string packages{end} '\}'];
+		fileliststr=[fileliststr packages{end} '\}'];
 	end
 
 	if port,
-		eval(['!scp -P ' num2str(port) ' ' login '@localhost:' path '/' string ' ./']);
+		eval(['!scp -P ' num2str(port) ' ' login '@localhost:' path '/' fileliststr ' ./']);
 	else
-		eval(['!scp ' login '@' host ':' path '/' string ' ./']);
+		eval(['!scp ' login '@' host ':' path '/' fileliststr ' ./']);
 	end
 
 	%check scp worked

src/m/os/issmscpin.py

@@ -5,37 +5,37 @@
 
 
 def issmscpin(host, login, port, path, packages):
-    """ISSMSCPIN get packages from host, using scp on unix, and pscp on windows
+    """issmscpin get packages from host using scp
 
     Usage:
         issmscpin(host, packages, path)
+
+    NOTE: If users again have issues with file list (i.e.
+
+        {<FILE1>,<FILE2>,...<FILEN>}
+
+    ), note that this a bash'ism and default shell should be checked. View file 
+    history for potential fix (i.e. some combination of -O and -T options).
     """
 
-    #first get hostname
+    # First get hostname
     hostname = oshostname()
-    #first be sure packages are not in the current directory, this could conflict with pscp on windows.
-    #remove warnings in case the files do not exist
-    for package in packages:
-        try:
-            os.remove(package)
-        except OSError as e:
-            pass
-    #if hostname and host are the same, do a simple copy
-    if strcmpi(hostname, host):  #hostname == host:
+
+    # If hostname and host are the same, do a simple copy
+    if strcmpi(hostname, host):
         for package in packages:
             try:
-                shutil.copy(os.path.join(path, package), os.getcwd())  #keep going, even if success = 0
+                shutil.copy(os.path.join(path, package), os.getcwd()) # keep going, even if success == 0
             except OSError as e:
                 pass
     else:
-        #just use standard unix scp string to copy multiple files using scp
         filelist = [os.path.join(directory, x) for x in packages]
         fileliststr = ' '.join([str(x) for x in filelist])
         if port:
-            subprocess.call('scp -OT -P {} {}@localhost:"{}" {}'.format(port, login, fileliststr, os.getcwd()), shell=True)
+            subprocess.call('scp -P {} {}@localhost:"{}" {}'.format(port, login, fileliststr, os.getcwd()), shell=True)
         else:
-            subprocess.call('scp -OT {}@{}:"{}" {}'.format(login, host, fileliststr, os.getcwd()), shell=True)
-        #check scp worked
+            subprocess.call('scp {}@{}:"{}" {}'.format(login, host, fileliststr, os.getcwd()), shell=True)
+        # Check scp worked
         for package in packages:
             if not os.path.exists(os.path.join('.', package)):
-                raise OSError("issmscpin error message: could not call scp on *nix system for file '{}'".format(package))
+                raise OSError('issmscpin error message: could not scp {}'.format(package))

src/wrappers/matlab/io/ApiPrintf.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* \file ApiPrintf.c:
- * \brief: API specific symbols from libISSMCore that we need to resolve here
+ * \brief: MATLAB API-specific symbols from libISSMCore that we need to resolve here
  */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H

src/wrappers/matlab/io/matlabio.h

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*\file matlabio.h
- *\brief: I/O for ISSM in matlab mode
+ *\brief: I/O for ISSM when running from MATLAB interface
  */
 
 #ifndef _MATLAB_IO_H_

src/wrappers/python/io/ApiPrintf.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* \file ApiPrintf.c:
- * \brief: pyton api specific symbols which are unresolved from libISSMCore.a
+ * \brief: Python API-specific symbols which are unresolved from libISSMCore.a
  */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H

src/wrappers/python/io/pythonio.h

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*\file pythonio.h
- *\brief: I/O for ISSM in python mode
+ *\brief: I/O for ISSM when running from Python interface
  */
 
 #ifndef _PYTHON_IO_H_