Synopsis

void appendta(string, set)

Description

The appendta command adds the factbase currently in memory to a Tuple-Attribute (TA) format file. The first argument - a string - should contain the pathname of the TA factbase to write to. The pathname must be either relative from the current directory, or absolute. Tilde expansion or other shell-like expansions are not performed on the pathname string. If the file does not exist, it is created; appendta will not create new directories, however.

The second parameter should contain the set of relation names you would like appended to the existing factbase. Only relations which exist and have their names listed in the provided set are saved to the file. Attribute relations (relations whose names begin with the "@" character) are not saved in the relation form, but rather in the attribute form, according to the TA grammar.

See Also

getta putta appenddb getGXL getdb putdb read