On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 05:14:43PM -0500, doltes wrote: > Get =#+RESULTS= without re-evaluating source code block? > > Let's suppose I have a code block which requires a long time to finish > > #+NAME: big-computation > #+begin_src bash > sleep 5 # Some computation which requires a long time to complete. > echo a > #+end_src > > #+RESULTS: big-computation > #+begin_example > a > #+end_example > > I want to use the results of that code block in other code blocks so I > use a =noweb= reference (see below.) > > #+begin_src bash :noweb yes > printf "%s\n" <> > #+end_src > > #+RESULTS: > #+begin_example > a > > #+end_example > > However, doing this (i.e. using a =noweb= reference) would make the > command to be evaluated whenever getting its results. I don't want > this, I want the =:noweb= reference to actually use the already > computed results. > > So, my question is: Is it possible to use the actual =#+RESULTS= code > block instead of always evaluating it when referencing the results > through a =:noweb= reference? Perhaps "Cache results of evaluation" (15.5 Evaluating Code Blocks, in the Interwebs here [1] is for you. In short, add a header argument :cache yes to your code block. Cheers [1] https://orgmode.org/org.html#Evaluating-Code-Blocks - t