\Header{dump}{Text Representations of R Objects}
\keyword{file}{dump}
\begin{Description}\relax
This function takes a vector of names of \R{} objects and produces
text representations of the objects in the file \code{fileout}.
This file, can be \code{\Link{source}}d into another \R{} (or S) session.\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
dump(list, fileout="dumpdata")
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Details}\relax
At present the implementation of \code{dump} is very
incomplete and it really only works for functions and
simple vectors.

The function \code{\Link{save}} is designed to be used for
transporting \R{} data between machines.\end{Details}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\Link{dput}}, \code{\Link{dget}},\code{\Link{write}}.\end{SeeAlso}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
x <- 1; y <- 1:10
dump(ls(patt='^[xyz]'), "xyz.Rdmped")
unlink("xyz.Rdmped")
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

