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.. _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`` [**-q**] [(**-d** | **--directory**) *DIR*] *FUNCTION_NAME*
Description
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``funcsave`` saves a function to a file in the fish configuration directory. This function will be :ref:`automatically loaded <syntax-function-autoloading>` by current and future fish sessions. This can be useful to commit functions created interactively for permanent use.
Because fish loads functions on-demand, saved functions cannot serve as :ref:`event handlers <event>` until they are run or otherwise sourced. To activate an event handler for every new shell, add the function to the :ref:`configuration file <configuration>` instead of using ``funcsave``.
This is often used after :ref:`funced <cmd-funced>`, which opens the function in ``$EDITOR`` or ``$VISUAL`` and loads it into the current session afterwards.