Cool! good you thought of it.

On 31.01.2013, at 03:40, Eric89GXL <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In mne/fiff/raw.py:
> 
> > @@ -867,6 +872,16 @@ def save(self, fname, picks=None, tmin=0, tmax=None, buffer_size_sec=10,
> >              If True the data is saved with the projections applied (active).
> >              Note: If apply_projector() was used to apply the projectons,
> >              the projectons will be active even if proj_active is False.
> > +        format : str
> > +            Format to use to save raw data. Valid options are 'double',
> > +            'single', and 'short' for 64-, 32-, and 16-bit entries.
> > +            Complex data cannot be saved as 'short'. Note that 'single'
> > +            is the standard for MNE command-line tools. Complex data types
> > +            or real data stored as 'double' cannot be loaded with MNE
> > +            command-line tools.
> > +        overwrite : bool
> > +            If True, the destination file (if it exists) will be overwritten.
> > +            If False (default), an error will be raised if the file exists.
> This is also new behavior, discussed by @dengemann and me a day or two ago. I think it's a good safety for users, and I think we should eventually add it to all our save() functions.
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