Fixes #1541.

(cherry picked from commit d4e3dbe3)

matlab/missing/isfile/isfile.m

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ cellofstringflag = false;
 n = 1;
 a = false;
 
-if isstring(b) && length(b)>1 && isvector(b)
+if ~isoctave() && isstring(b) && length(b)>1 && isvector(b)
     n = length(b);
     stringarrayflag = true;
     a = false(size(b));