On Nov 7, 2012, at 9:50 AM, Jamie Olson wrote: > Could someone explain to me what namespaces are loaded/saved when objects > are saved?
None. That's what require() or library() or source() are for. > > Specifically, I'm using this: > save(list = ls(all.names = TRUE, envir = envir), file = name, envir = > envir) > to save out everything from an environment. You need to read more carefully: ?ls ?objects ?search > > Later, loading it on another machine, I'm surprised to see the load failing > for being unable to load certain packages. Could anyone help me understand > why this happens? `ls` with default settings only lists data and function objects that the user has defined. The history mechanism could be used to restore packages that were loaded during a session. ?history You should be able to see this by looking at what ls() produces. It does not generally return a listing of items in loaded packages. -- David Winsemius, MD Alameda, CA, USA ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
