R.utils: saveObject – R documentation

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saveObject

Saves an object to a file or a connection

Saves an object to a file or a connection.

## Default S3 method:
saveObject(object, file=NULL, path=NULL, format=c("auto", "xdr", "rds"), compress=TRUE,
  ..., safe=TRUE)

`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.
`format`	File format.
`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.

Henrik Bengtsson