Plugin: xmltool

• infos = Information about xmltool plugin is in keys below
• infos/author = Markus Raab elekt.nosp@m.ra@l.nosp@m.ibele.nosp@m.ktra.nosp@m..org
• infos/licence = BSD
• infos/provides = storage/xml
• infos/needs =
• infos/placements = getstorage setstorage
• infos/status = maintained unittest final memleak unfinished old nodoc
• infos/description = Storage using libelektratools xml format.

This plugin is a storage plugin allowing Elektra to read and write xml formatted files. It uses the libelektratools 0.7 xml format.

This plugin can be used for migration of Key Databases from 0.7 -> 0.8. It should not be used otherwise.

Dependencies

• libxml2-dev

Restrictions

• only supports metadata as defined in Elektra 0.7
• null and empty values are not distinguished
• exported relative to first key found, not to parent key (ksGetCommonParentName)
• error messages vague (no difference between error opening file and validation errors)

Examples

After you have upgraded Elektra, you can import xml files from Elektra 0.7:

kdb import system xmltool < system.xml
kdb import user xmltool < user.xml

Or you can also mount an xml file using xmltool (not recommended!):

kdb mount /etc/example.xml system/example xmltool