Function dump

Lib/plistlib.py:928–938

Write 'value' to a .plist file. 'fp' should be a writable, binary file object.

(value, fp, *, fmt=FMT_XML, sort_keys=True, skipkeys=False,
         aware_datetime=False)

def dump(value, fp, *, fmt=FMT_XML, sort_keys=True, skipkeys=False,
         aware_datetime=False):
    """Write 'value' to a .plist file. 'fp' should be a writable,
    binary file object.
    """
    if fmt not in _FORMATS:
        raise ValueError("Unsupported format: %r"%(fmt,))

    writer = _FORMATS[fmt]["writer"](fp, sort_keys=sort_keys, skipkeys=skipkeys,
                                     aware_datetime=aware_datetime)
    writer.write(value)


def dumps(value, *, fmt=FMT_XML, skipkeys=False, sort_keys=True,