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# IDL_Savefile::Contents

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The IDL_Savefile::Contents function method returns a structure variable of type IDL_SAVEFILE_CONTENTS containing information about the associated SAVE file and its contents.

## Syntax

Result = Obj->[IDL_Savefile::]Contents()

## Return Value

Returns a structure variable of type IDL_SAVEFILE_CONTENTS containing information about the associated SAVE file and its contents. The structure contains the following fields:

Field | Type | Description
FILENAME | String | The file path to the open SAVE file.
DESCRIPTION | String | A user-supplied description string for the SAVE file, as specified using the DESCRIPTION keyword to the SAVE procedure. If the SAVE file lacks a user supplied description, this field contains an empty string.
FILETYPE | String | A description of SAVE file type. For a standard SAVE file, this field will contain the string “Portable (XDR)”. For a compressed SAVE file, this field will contain “Portable (XDR) compressed”.
USER | String | The user name of the user who issued the SAVE command that created the SAVE file.
HOST | String | The name of the computer on which the SAVE file was created.
DATE | String | The date on which the SAVE file was created.
ARCH | String | The value of the !VERSION.ARCH system variable field of the IDL installation that created the SAVE file.
OS | String | The value of the !VERSION.OS system variable field of the IDL installation that created the SAVE file.
RELEASE | String | The value of the !VERSION.RELEASE system variable field of the IDL installation that created the SAVE file.
N_COMMON | Integer | The number of main-level common blocks contained in the SAVE file.
N_VAR | Integer | The number of variables contained in the SAVE file.
N_SYSVAR | Integer | The number of system variables contained in the SAVE file.
N_PROCEDURE | Integer | The number of procedures contained in the SAVE file.
N_FUNCTION | Integer | The number of functions contained in the SAVE file.
N_OBJECT_HEAPVAR | Integer | The number of object heap variables contained in the SAVE file.
N_POINTER_HEAPVAR | Integer | The number of pointer heap variables contained in the SAVE file.
N_STRUCTDEF | Integer | The number of named structure definitions contained in the SAVE file. Named structure definitions are saved when a variable that references them is saved.

## Arguments

None.

## Keywords

None.

## Example

See Example.

## Version History

6.1 | Introduced