SYNOPSIS

kdb export <source> [<format>]

DESCRIPTION

This command allows a user to export keys from the key database.
Keys are exported to stdout in whichever format is specified.
This command can also be used to view full key(s) including their values.

USAGE

Where source is the path of the key(s) you want to export. Additionally, the user can specify a format to use by passing it as the option argument format.
The format attribute relies on Elektra’s plugin system to export the keys in the desired format.The user can view all plugins available for use by running the kdb-plugin-list(1) command. To learn about any plugin, the user can simply use the kdb-plugin-info(1) command.
The storage plugin can be configured at compile-time or changed by the link libelektra-plugin-storage.so.

OPTIONS

-H, --help: Show the man page.
-V, --version: Print version info.
-p, --profile <profile>: Use a different kdb profile.
-C, --color <when>: Print never/auto(default)/always colored output.
-E, --without-elektra: Omit the system:/elektra directory.
-c, --plugins-config <plugins-config>: Add a configuration to the format plugin.
-v, --verbose: Explain what is happening. Prints additional information in case of errors/warnings.
-d, --debug: Give debug information. Prints additional debug information in case of errors/warnings.

KDB

/sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/format Change default format (if none is given at commandline) and built-in default storage is not your preferred format.

EXAMPLES

To view your full key database in Elektra’s storage format:
kdb export /

To backup your full key database in Elektra’s storage format to a file called full-backup.ecf:
kdb export / > full-backup.ecf

To backup a keyset stored in user:/keyset in the ini format to a file called keyset.ini:
kdb export user:/keyset ini > keyset.ini

Change default format to simpleini:
kdb set /sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/format simpleini

Create two key values and export them as xml:

kdb set user:/tests/kdb-export/one one
kdb set user:/tests/kdb-export/two two
 
kdb export user:/tests/kdb-export/ xml
#> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
#> <kdb-export>
#>
#>   <one>one</one>
#>
#>   <two>two</two>
#>
#> </kdb-export>
 
 
kdb rm -r user:/tests
# cleanup

Create two key values and export them with the xerces plugin:

kdb set user:/tests/kdb-export/one one
kdb set user:/tests/kdb-export/two two
 
kdb export user:/tests/kdb-export/ xerces
#> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
#> <kdb-export>
#>
#>   <one>one</one>
#>
#>   <two>two</two>
#>
#> </kdb-export>
 
kdb rm -r user:/tests
# cleanup

Note

Only storage plugins can be used for formatting.