dump                  package:base                  R Documentation

Text Representations of R Objects

Description:

     This function takes a vector of names of R objects and produces
     text representations of the objects on a file or connection. A
     `dump' file can be `source'd into another R (or S) session.

Usage:

     dump(list, file="dumpdata.R", append=FALSE)

Arguments:

    list: character. The names of one or more R objects to be dumped.

    file: either a character string naming a file or a connection. `""'
          indicates output to the console.

  append: if `TRUE', output will be appended to `file'; otherwise, it
          will overwrite the contents of `file'.

Details:

     At present the implementation of `dump' is very incomplete and it
     really only works for functions and simple vectors.

     The function `save' is designed to be used for transporting R data
     between machines.

See Also:

     `dput', `dget',`write'.

Examples:

     x <- 1; y <- 1:10
     dump(ls(patt='^[xyz]'), "xyz.Rdmped")
     unlink("xyz.Rdmped")

