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\name{save}
\title{Save R Datasets and Functions}
\usage{
save(..., list = character(0), file = "", ascii = FALSE)
}
\alias{save}
\arguments{
\item{\dots}{the names of the objects to be saved.}
\item{list}{A character vector containing the names of the data sets
to be saved.}
\item{file}{the name of the file where the data will be saved.}
\item{ascii}{if \code{TRUE}, an ASCII representation of the data is written.
This is useful for transporting data between machines of
different types.
The default value of \code{ascii} is false which
leads to a more compact binary file being written.}
}
\description{
\code{save} writes a 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 \code{load}.
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{dput}},
\code{\link{dump}},
\code{\link{load}}.
}
\examples{
save(x,y, file="xy.Rdata")
save(list = ls(), file= "all.Rdata")
}