Check if a script has been run during this session
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Hello,
I have an initialization script called activate.p that needs to be run before I can send commands to the instrument I'm using. I want to put an if statement at the beginning of all my data acquisition scripts that checks whether activate.p has been run during the current Matlab session, and runs it if not.
Is there a function to store the command history of the current session as an array that I can then check to see if it includes activate.p? I found the commandhistory command, but this doesn't return anything.
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the cyclist
on 4 Sep 2021
Edited: the cyclist
on 4 Sep 2021
Your command history is stored in an XML file, in your preferences directory. See this question/answer for details.
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Jan
on 4 Sep 2021
Create your own function:
function myActivate
persistent called
if isempty(called)
activate();
caslled = true;
end
end
Now simply call myActivate from any function, which requires that activate ran before.
This catchs even the evil clear all.
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