saveRDS.gz: Save RDS w/ pigz support

In Kudusch/ktools: Useful Functions for Data Science and Communication

Save RDS w/ pigz support

Description

This function uses pigz to save RDS files. pigz is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data.

Usage

saveRDS.gz(
  object,
  file,
  threads = (parallel::detectCores()) - 1,
  compression_level = 6
)

Arguments

object	An object to save.
file	A location to save to.
threads	Number of threads to use. Defaults to parallel::detectCores()-1.
compression_level	Compression level used by pigz (1–9).

Details

pigz needs to be installed for this function to work.

Examples

## Not run: 
saveRDS.gz(temp, file = 'temp.RDS')

## End(Not run)

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