SaveSettings

Summary

Saves environment settings to an environment settings file (text stored in an Extensible Markup Language [XML] schema). See also LoadSettings on how to load environment settings from an XML file.

Syntax

SaveSettings (file_name)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
file_name	The XML file to be created that will store the current environment settings.	None

Code Sample

SaveSettings example

Save environment settings to an XML file.

import arcpy
from arcpy import env

env.workspace = "C:/Data/MyData.gdb"
env.cellSize = 28
env.compression = "LZ77"

# Save environment settings to XML file
#
arcpy.SaveSettings("C:/Data/MyCustomSettings.xml")