Development Environment

Keeping a Session Log

The diary Function

The diary function creates a copy of your MATLAB session in a disk file, including keyboard input and system responses, but excluding graphics. You can view and edit the resulting text file using any word processor. To create a file on your disk called sept23.out that contains all the functions you enter, as well as MATLAB's output, enter

diary('sept23.out')

To stop recording the session, use

diary('off')

Other Session Logs

There are two other means of seeing session information:

• The Command History, which contains a log of all functions executed in the current and previous sessions
• For Windows platforms, the logfile startup option - see Adding Startup Options for Windows Platforms

Running Programs

Preferences for the Command Window