[GAP Forum] Storing everything in file

[Alexander Hulpke]

Dear Forum,

Imran Qureshi asked:

> Is it possible to save all the entries  of the GAP session and output in some 
> file by setting up some file a priory?

Since you mentioned a ``log file'' feature for aome other system, the command
LogTo(filename)
will create a text file with a transcript of your GAP session.

If instead you want to save the state of the system to stop a calculation and continue later, you can use
SaveWorkspace(filename)
and later start GAP with the -L command line option to load the saved workspace -- see the manual section
3.11 Saving and Loading a Workspace
for more details. 

The use of a command line option makes this feature complicated for Windows users.
Users of the ggap shell provided with the installer from
http://www.math.colostate.edu/~hulpke/CGT/education.html
can use the menu option for saving a workspace.

I hope this helps,

   Alexander Hulpke




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