$Messages

$Messages

gives the list of files and pipes to which message output is sent.

Details

Examples

Basic Examples  (2)

The default channel for messages is standard output:

Have messages go to a temporary file and the default channel:

Generate a message:

Show the contents of the temporary file:

Clean up by resetting $Messages to its default and closing the stream:

Wolfram Research (1988), $Messages, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$Messages.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1988), $Messages, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$Messages.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1988. "$Messages." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$Messages.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1988). $Messages. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$Messages.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$messages, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$Messages}", year="1988", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$Messages.html}", note=[Accessed: 23-March-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$messages, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$Messages}, year={1988}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$Messages.html}, note=[Accessed: 23-March-2025 ]}