SaveSettings (arcpy)

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")