Check if a script has been run during this session

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.

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

Your command history is stored in an XML file, in your preferences directory. See this question/answer for details.

Answer 2

[Jan]

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.