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Section 19: Remote Commands Series 2600A System SourceMeter® Instruments Reference Manual
io.type
Function Checks whether or not a given object is a file handle.
TSP-Link
accessibility
This function cannot be accessed from a remote TSP-Link node.
Usage type = io.type(obj)
obj Object to check.
type Indicates whether the object is an open file handle.
Remarks • Returns the string “file” if the object is an open file handle. Otherwise, nil is returned.
io.write
Function Write data to the default output file.
TSP-Link
accessibility
This function can be accessed from a remote TSP-Link node.
Usage io.write()
io.write(data1)
io.write(data1, data2)
io.write(data1, ..., datan)
data1 The data to be written.
data2 The data to be written.
datan The data to be written.
Remarks • All data parameters must be either strings or numbers.
• This command does not immediately write the data to the physical media. It may buffer the data
and write it when the file is closed via the io.close command. To force the buffered data to be
written before closing the file, call io.flush.