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- .TH LOAD
- 6 "IRIT Version 6.0"
- .SH NAME
- LOAD
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- AnyType LOAD( StringType FileName )
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- Loads an object from the given FileName. The object may be any object
- defined in the system, including lists, in which the structure is recovered
- and reconstructed as well (internal objects are inserted into the global
- system object list if they have names). If no file type is provided, ".dat"
- is assumed.
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- This command can also be used to load binary files. Ascii regular data
- files are usually loaded in much more time then binary files due the
- the parsing required. Binary data files can be loaded directly like ascii
- files in IRIT, but can only be inspected through IRIT tools such
- as dat2irit. A binary data file must have a ".bdt" (Binary DaTa) type in
- its name.
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- Under unix, compressed files can be loaded if the given file name has
- a postfix of ".Z". The unix system's "zcat" will be invoked via a pipe
- for that purpose.
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