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<div><h1>addStartFunction -- add a startup function</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>addStartFunction f</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>f</tt>, <span>a <a href="___Function.html">function</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Consequences:<ul><li>When the program restarts, the function <tt>f</tt> will be called, with no arguments.</li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>The program is said to restart if <a href="_dumpdata.html" title="dump state of the system to a file">dumpdata</a> is used to save the state, and at some later time, <tt>loaddata</tt> is used to restore it.</div>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_add__End__Function.html" title="add an ending function">addEndFunction</a> -- add an ending function</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_loaddata.html" title="load state of the system from a file">loaddata</a> -- load state of the system from a file</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_dumpdata.html" title="dump state of the system to a file">dumpdata</a> -- dump state of the system to a file</span></li>
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