Example

> diary()
        1
> a = 2
 a =
        2
> b = 3+rand()*1j
 b =
        3 + 1i
> diary()
        1
> system("more DIARY");
RLaB diary file: DIARY. Opened Wed Apr 27 09:36:15 1994

        1
> a = 2
 a =
        2
> b = 3+rand()*1j
 b =
        3 + 1i
> diary()
> diary("DiaryFile23");
> a = rand(2,3)+rand(2,3)*1j
 a =
 matrix columns 1 thru 3
         0.975 + 0.0847i          0.333 + 0.167i          0.162 + 0.129i
          0.647 + 0.204i         0.0369 + 0.655i           0.665 + 0.91i

> diary();
> system("more DiaryFile23");
RLaB diary file: DiaryFile23. Opened Wed Apr 27 09:42:54 1994

> a = rand(2,3)+rand(2,3)*1j
 a =
 matrix columns 1 thru 3
         0.975 + 0.0847i          0.333 + 0.167i          0.162 + 0.129i
          0.647 + 0.204i         0.0369 + 0.655i           0.665 + 0.91i

> diary();