# spacepy.toolbox.savepickle

spacepy.toolbox.savepickle(fln, dict, compress=None)

  save dictionary variable dict to a pickle with filename fln

  Parameters:
    fln string

      filename

    dict dict

      container with stuff

    compress bool
      write as a gzip-compressed file

        (.gz will be added to `fln`). If not specified, defaults to uncompressed, unless the compressed file exists and the uncompressed does not.

  See also

  `loadpickle`

  Examples

      >>> d = {'grade':[1,2,3], 'name':['Mary', 'John', 'Chris']}
      >>> savepickle('test.pbin', d)