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 = unittest final memleak unfinished old nodoc discouraged
infos/description = Storage using legacy XML format.

Introduction

This plugin is a storage plugin allowing Elektra to read and write XML formatted files. It uses the legacy Elektra 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.

Installation

See installation. The package is called libelektra5-xmltool.

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)

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