.TH LOAD
 6 "IRIT Version 6.0" 
.SH NAME
LOAD



 AnyType LOAD( StringType FileName )

Loads an object from the given FileName. The object may be any object
defined in the system, including lists, in which the structure is recovered
and reconstructed as well (internal objects are inserted into the global
system object list if they have names). If no file type is provided, ".dat"
is assumed.

This command can also be used to load binary files. Ascii regular data
files are usually loaded in much more time then binary files due the 
the parsing required. Binary data files can be loaded directly like ascii
files in IRIT, but can only be inspected through IRIT tools such
as dat2irit. A binary data file must have a ".bdt" (Binary DaTa) type in
its name.

Under unix, compressed files can be loaded if the given file name has
a postfix of ".Z". The unix system's "zcat" will be invoked via a pipe
for that purpose.