Creates a file containing an ASCII representation of the objects that are
named.
USAGE:
data.dump(list, file="dumpdata")
REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:
list:
vector of character strings giving the names of data objects.
OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS:
file:
character string naming the file on which the objects will be written.
VALUE:
the character string file.
SIDE EFFECTS:
the file file is created or changed, and contains
text representations of the objects given in list.
The files are ASCII text,
and can be shipped to another machine;
the shipped file can then be used to restore the objects with data.restore.
DETAILS:
This function is like dump, except that the dumped output
is intended ONLY to be restored by using the data.restore function.
It is, however, much faster than dump, and the restore process
is equally speeded up, particularly for large objects containing
numeric data.