What is the raven.cereal file?

[RachelDuffin]

Hi,

I've looked through the documentation and I can't find an explanation of what the raven.cereal file is / what it does - would it be possible to explain?

Thanks!

[rvaser]

Hi Rachel,
it is a binary file used to store checkpoints during the assembly for the case the user wants to resume a previous run (option --resume). If you do not want raven to generate it, you can use --disable-checkpoints options. The extension cereal was used to indicate the used library to store/load data to/from disk (https://github.com/USCiLab/cereal).

Best regards,
Robert

[RachelDuffin]

Hi Robert,

I see - so can it be used to work out what stage the assembler is at? I'm not sure what the correct way would be to open & read the file.

Best wishes,

Rachel

[rvaser]

Hi Rachel,
it is meant for internal use only, the log generated to stderr should indicate the stage the assembler is at.

Best regards,
Robert