I don't know what save() "should" do - your use case is quite special
- but I agree it would be better if save() tests for the existence of
all object(s) to be saved before opening the connection (and thereby
overwrite the existing file). A workaround for you is to do:
dummy <- a;
save(a, file="a.rda");
This should give an error before save() is called.
FYI, saveObject() of R.utils does protect you this way too, e.g.
> library("R.utils");
> a <- 1:9
> saveObject(a, file="a.rda")
> rm(a)
> a <- loadObject(file="a.rda")
> a
[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
> rm(a)
> saveObject(a, file="a.rda")
Error in saveObject(a, file = "a.rda") : object "a" not found
> a <- loadObject(file="a.rda")
> a
[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
/Henrik
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 3:45 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If save() fails because an object is not found,
> it should not overwrite an existing file.
>
>> a <- 1:9
>> save(a, file = "a.rda")
>> rm(a)
>> load("a.rda")
>> a
> [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
>> rm(a)
>> save(a, file = "a.rda")
> Error in save(a, file = "a.rda") : object 'a' not found
>> load("a.rda")
> Error in load("a.rda") : error reading from connection
>
> I've been saving copies of huge objects into
> files like a.rda, then removing the objects.
> If I then happen to save again, I don't want to lose
> my data.
>
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