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Last modified: 25 June 2009

URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/sherpa4.1/bugs/save.html

Caveats: save


Caveats

  1. Currently, the save function produces a binary file, which cannot be inspected and edited by the user.


Caveats

  1. Currently, the save function produces a binary file, which cannot be inspected and edited by the user.

    The save command creates a binary file that can be restored in Sherpa with the restore (S-Lang or Python help) command. Currently, the save file cannot be written as an ASCII file which can be inspected and edited by the user. The ability to save fit information in a format that may be manipulated by the user will be provided in a future release (similar to the CIAO 3.4 MDL files). The support in CIAO3.4 was not entirely satisfactory, and that approach will be reviewed.

Last modified: 25 June 2009


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