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BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL
DumpSave
DumpSave["file.mx", symbol]
writes definitions associated with a symbol to a file in internal Mathematica format.
DumpSave["file.mx", "context`"]
writes out definitions associated with all symbols in the specified context.
DumpSave["file.mx", {object1, object2, ...}]
writes out definitions for several symbols or contexts.
DumpSave["package`", objects]
chooses the name of the output file based on the computer system used.
Details
- DumpSave writes out definitions in a binary format that is optimized for input by Mathematica.
- Each file has a plain text header identifying its type and contents.
- Files written by DumpSave can be read by Get.
- Files written by DumpSave can only be read on the same type of computer system on which they were written.
- DumpSave will not preserve open stream and link objects.
- Files written by DumpSave conventionally have names that end with .mx.
- DumpSave["package`", ...] writes a file with a name such as package.mx/(value of $SystemID)/package.mx.
- You can use DumpSave["file", "s"] to write out the definition for the value of a symbol s itself.
- You can typically read a dump file when you start Mathematica by using the
command-line option.
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