Save Data to a File

[edit] Problem

You want to save some data to a file.

Where 'some data' is simply a list, you have this simple solution:

file:write_file(Path, Data).

But if you want to save an Erlang data structure, to perhaps file:consult/1 later, you have this slightly more complex solution:

file:write_file(Path,io_lib:fwrite("~p.\n",[Data])).