[Rd] save() size in XDR

[Nathan Whitehouse]

Dear R-devel,

  Is there a way to find the size in bytes of a save()
command --before-- the file has been saved?

  If not, can anyone point me to some resources on XDR
so I can find a way to calculate it?

  Thanks,



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Nathan Whitehouse
Statistics/Programming
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
nlwhitehouse at yahoo.com

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