content of binary files stored by save

[David Bateman]

David Bateman wrote:
> Levente Torok wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Does anybody know if file content can be listed?
>> I mean, once I saved a file with "save" command, I want to know what 
>> variables are stored in it.
>> For example:
>>
>> a=2;
>> b=4;
>> save -binary context.dat
>>
>> restarting octave
>>
>> load context.dat
>>
>>
>> I am particularily interested of this because loading from binary 
>> format is extremely
>> much faster so it is perfereble to use it.
>> However in a case of mine it is a bit larger. Which is either an 
>> error or I saved something that I didn't want to save.
>>
>> Lev
>>
>>   
>
> If its large does the "-z" flag to save help?
>
> As for listing the contents, matlab has the "whos -file <file.mat>" 
> command that Octave does yet implement. I took a look at adding this a 
> few months ago, but if I remember correctly it wasn't clear how to do 
> it cleanly. Till then Octave implements "load -list <file.mat>" which 
> is similar that lists the contents without loading the variables, but 
> doesn't give any details like "whos -file <file.mat>" does..
>
> Regards
> David
>
>
>
Sorry you can also do "load -list -v <file.mat>", though that doesn't 
appear t be adapted to NDArrays.

D.


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