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R.utils (version 1.6.4)

saveObject: Saves an object to a file or a connection

Description

Saves an object to a file or a connection.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'default}(object, file=NULL, path=NULL, compress=TRUE, ..., safe=TRUE)':
saveObjectundefined

object{The object to be saved.}
 file{A filename or connection where the object should be saved.
   If NULL, the filename will be the hash code of the object plus ".xdr".}
 path{Optional path, if file is a filename.}
 compress{If TRUE, the file is compressed to, otherwise not.}
 ...{Other arguments accepted by save() in the base package.}
 safe{If TRUE and file is a file, then, in order to lower
   the risk for incomplete files, the object is first written to a
   temporary file, which is then renamed to the final name.}

Returns (invisibly) the pathname or the connection.

[object Object]

loadObject() to load an object from file.
  digest for how hash codes are calculated from an object.



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