save-image-and-exit ( path -- )
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Vocabulary
memory

Inputs

path	a pathname string

Outputs
None

Word description
Saves a snapshot of the heap to the given file, overwriting the file if it already exists. This word compacts the code heap and immediately exits Factor, since the Factor VM cannot continue executing after compiled code blocks have been moved around.

See also
save, save-image

Definition

USING: io.backend memory.private ;

IN: memory

: save-image-and-exit ( path -- )
    normalize-path saving-path t (save-image) ;