Re: saving core file

[Leo Butler]

Mike Miller <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 15:30:55 -0400, Leo Butler wrote:
>> I'm a bit of a pack-rat, I guess. I like to save my current octave
>> session in the core file and reload it when I start up again. This works
>> well for me.
>>
>> My question: is it possible to dump the core file from within octave?
>> Alternatively, does
>>
>> save -binary octave-state
>>
>> do approx. the same thing?
>
> Yes, that's basically the answer you're looking for. Taking into
> account the optional size limit you can set on the core file, of
> course.
>
>> I notice that
>>
>> load octave-core
>> save -binary octave-state
>>
>> is not idempotent, i.e. octave-core and octave-state do differ.
>
> You can compare the contents to see what is different for your
> scenario. I changed the core file to save as text and the only
> difference I saw was the hidden variable .nargin. in the core file.

Thanks, Mike, I did not see an option to save the core file as text in
the current info docs. Ahh, I that octave_core_file_options() can do
this.


>
> Make sure you use octave_core_file_name instead of the string
> "octave-core", the default name will be changing to "octave-workspace"
> for the next major release of Octave.

Thanks for the heads-up.
Leo