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Member of the commands class.

Syntax

diary

diary on

diary off

diary filename

diary 'filename'

diary('filename')

Description

Writes the current session to a text file. The diary function writes the input from the Command Window or the Script Editor and the output from the Output Window to a text file. LabVIEW does not include graphics in the text file. If you do not specify a filename, LabVIEW creates a file called diary.txt in the LabVIEW Data directory. diary on tells LabVIEW to start writing to the text file. diary off tells LabVIEW to stop writing to the text file. diary switches between the diary on and diary off modes.

Details

Examples

Inputs

Name	Description
filename	Specifies the name of the file you want to write to. LabVIEW creates the text file in the LabVIEW Data directory. To specify a file path or file extension, use the 'filename' syntax.

Details

This function is not supported in the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine. Do not use this function in a stand-alone application or shared library.

Examples

In the following example, LabVIEW writes to diary.txt in the LabVIEW Data directory. Call the following commands one line at a time in the LabVIEW MathScript Window.

diary on
A = [1:1:15];
C = sum(A)
diary off

In the following example, LabVIEW writes to test.txt in the LabVIEW Data directory. Call the following commands one line at a time in the LabVIEW MathScript Window.

diary test
A = [1:1:15];
C = sum(A)
diary off

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