save.pigz: Save R Object using pigz compression

Description Usage Arguments

Description

save writes an external representation of R objects to the specified file. The objects can be read back from the file at a later date by using the function load or attach (or data in some cases).

Usage

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save.pigz(..., list = character(),
  file = stop("'file' must be specified"), envir = parent.frame(),
  n.cores = 4, eval.promises = TRUE, precheck = TRUE)

Arguments

...

the names of the objects to be saved (as symbols or character strings).

list

A character vector containing the names of objects to be saved.

file

the name of the file where data will be saved

envir

environment to search for objects to be saved.

n.cores

number of cores to use to compress

eval.promises

logical: should objects which are promises be forced before saving?

precheck

logical: should the existence of the objects be checked before starting to save (and in particular before opening the file/connection)?


barkasn/fastSave documentation built on May 16, 2019, 7:23 a.m.