pymel.core.system.autoSave¶

autoSave(*args, **kwargs)¶

Provides an interface to the auto-save mechanism. In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
destination / dst		int
	Sets the option for where auto-save files go. 0 - auto-saves go into the workspace autosave folder 1 - auto-saves go into the named folder (set with the -folder flag) 2 - auto-saves go into a folder set by an environment variable (MAYA_AUTOSAVE_FOLDER)
destinationFolder / df		bool
	Queries the actual destination folder for auto-saves, based on the current setting of the -destination flag, workspace rules and environment variables. Resolves environment variables etc. and makes any relative path absolute (resolved relative to the workspace root). The returned string will end with a trailing separator (‘/’).
enable / en		bool
	Enables or disables auto-saves.
folder / fol		unicode
	Sets the folder for auto-saves used if the destination option is 1.
interval / int		float
	Sets the interval between auto-saves (in seconds). The default interval is 600 seconds (10 minutes).
limitBackups / lim		bool
	Sets whether the number of auto-save files is limited.
maxBackups / max		int
	Sets the maximum number of auto-save files, if limiting is in effect.
perform / p		bool
	Invokes the auto-save process.
prompt / prm		bool
	Sets whether the auto-save prompts the user before auto-saving. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.autoSave

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# set the interval between auto-saves to 5 minutes
#
pm.autoSave( int=300 )

# query the auto-save interval
#
pm.autoSave( q=True, int=True )
# Result: 300.0 #