Obtaining the IDL Name of the Current System Routine

External Development Guide: Adding System Routines

Obtaining the IDL Name of the Current System Routine

To get the IDL name for the currently executing system routine, use the IDL_SysRtnGetCurrentName().

Syntax

char *IDL_SysRtnGetCurrentName(void)

This function returns a pointer to the name of the currently executing system routine. If there is no currently executing system routine, a NULL (0) pointer is returned.

This routine will never return NULL if called from within a system routine.

IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)