.. _cmd-funcsave:

funcsave - save the definition of a function to the user's autoload directory
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Synopsis
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::

    funcsave FUNCTION_NAME
    funcsave [(-d | --directory) where/to/save ] FUNCTION_NAME


Description
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``funcsave`` saves a function to a file in the fish configuration directory. This function will be automatically loaded by current and future fish sessions. This can be useful if you have interactively created a new function and wish to save it for later use.

Note that because fish loads functions on-demand, saved functions will not function as :ref:`event handlers <event>` until they are run or sourced otherwise. To activate an event handler for every new shell, add the function to your :ref:`shell initialization file <initialization>` instead of using ``funcsave``.

This is typically used together with :ref:`funced <cmd-funced>`, which will open the function in your editor and load it in the current seession afterwards.