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Extracting the information

Having prepared an appropriate dump file description you select it (click with the left mouse button on the file name, for example), and click on the `DBDump' button on the xlincks command menu.

The dump file description object is processed in two steps. First each dump composition is inspected and all elementary objects are collected and given symbolic names. The predefined names are of course used if given, otherwise names in the style of node0001434 are generated. During this first step, all indicated compositions are expanded into complete reference structures (which as usual may result in binding table updates). Thereafter the file is written in the following way: 1) a short identification, 2) the preamble text, 3) object creation statements, 4) object contents statements organised according to the specified views, and last 5) the post scriptum.

Note that dumping can be slow, particularly if you dump in Raw mode.



Martin Sjolin
Mon May 29 19:53:45 MET DST 1995