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Re: S: catching the output of help,/mem into variable-programm ??? [message #8099 is a reply to message #7980]

Sun, 02 February 1997 00:00

Peter Mason
Messages: 145
Registered: June 1996

Senior Member

On 28 Jan 1997, HSR Sys-Admin wrote:
> I want to catch the output of help,/mem in an variable...
> is that possible...
> ???

Yes, it's possible, but you have to be really, really keen...
HELP,/MEM doesn't even write its output to a JOURNAL file, so the only
way I can think of to catch its output is to redirect stdout when you
start IDL, e.g., idl > delete.me
Then you'd have to open delete.me (read only) and search for and parse
HELP,/MEM's output. (It might help to PRINT something just before you
issue HELP,/MEM, to make its output easier to find. Also, setting !QUIET=1
might help to reduce the amount of junk to search through.)
I mean, it's a daft solution, but there it is.

Peter Mason

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		S: catching the output of help,/mem into variable-programm ??? By: alpha on Tue, 28 January 1997 00:00
		Re: S: catching the output of help,/mem into variable-programm ??? By: alpha on Thu, 30 January 1997 00:00
		Re: S: catching the output of help,/mem into variable-programm ??? By: Peter Mason on Sun, 02 February 1997 00:00

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