Minor updates to Dockerfile

 * Add a user to not run as root!
 * Add an example1.m file for simple testing
 * Add ignore files
 * Minor fix for README to not mention Bio-Formats

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.*un~

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.*un~

Dockerfile

@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
 
 ADD install.sh install.sh
 RUN sh ./install.sh && rm install.sh
+RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash octave
 
+USER octave
+WORKDIR /home/octave
+
+ADD *.m /home/octave/
 VOLUME ["/source"]
-WORKDIR /source
-CMD ["octave"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["octave"]

README.md

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # Octave
 
-Lightweight development environment for testing the Bio-Formats Octave package
+Lightweight development environment for testing Octave scripts.
 
 ## Usage
 
 ```
-$ docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/source openmicroscopy/octave
+$ docker run --rm -it openmicroscopy/octave -h                # Get octave help
+$ docker run --rm -it openmicroscopy/octave example1.m arg1   # Run the example file
+$ docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/source openmicroscopy/octave /source/myfile.m
 ```
 
 Mount your local source folder to the container and run it inside the container.

example1.m

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#! /bin/octave -qf
+printf ("%s", program_name ());
+arg_list = argv ();
+for i = 1:nargin
+  printf (" %s", arg_list{i});
+endfor
+printf ("\n");