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. | String |
Code sample
SaveSettings example
Save environment settings to an XML file.
import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = "c:/data/mydata.gdb"
arcpy.env.cellSize = 28
arcpy.env.compression = "LZ77"
# Save environment settings to XML file
arcpy.SaveSettings("c:/data/mycustomsettings.xml")