DUMP(nged)

Copies the entire database to the keep_file.

📅 published 7.44.0, from nixpkgs unstable

💾 DUMP — the nged manual page 💾

okay bestie, real talk: this is the DUMP(nged) page, and it's honestly so straightforward it's giving main-character simplicity ✨. Let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

dump — copies the entire database to the keep_file. periodt 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

dump {keep_file}

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what it does is copy the entire database to the keep_file. That keep_file is a BRL-CAD database file, and it's gonna live in the current working directory — use the pwd command if you need to show the current working directory, iykyk 🌸.

lowkey important: the new file might have a smaller filesize than the current file 👀 — because dumping the file has the same effect that the garbage_collect command has. Not a glitch, it's a feature, slay.

See also the keep command 🫶.

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

The example shows the use of the dump command to copy the entire database to a designated file. Iconic behavior, no cap.

Example 1. Copy the database to a designated file.

mged> dump sample.g
    Creates sample.g file which is a copy of the current database.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

BRL-CAD Team 💜

💀 BUG REPORTS 💀

Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org 📧 — don't be shy, they wanna hear it fr fr.

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