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osinfo-db-export(1)		 Osinfo DB Tools	     osinfo-db-export(1)

NAME
     osinfo-db-export - Export to a osinfo database archive

SYNOPSIS
     osinfo-db-export [OPTIONS...] [ARCHIVE-FILE]

DESCRIPTION
     The osinfo-db-export tool will create an osinfo database archive file con-
     taining the content from one of the standard local database locations:

     system
      This is the primary system-wide database location, intended for use by op-
      erating system vendors distributing database files in the native package
      format.

     local
      This is the secondary system-wide database location, intended for use by
      system administrators wishing to provide an updated database for all
      users.

     user
      This is the user private database location, intended for use by unprivi-
      leged local users wishing to provide applications they use with an updated
      database.

     If run by a privileged account (ie root), the local database location will
     be used by default, otherwise the user location will be used.

     If no ARCHIVE-FILE path is given, an automatically generated filename will
     be used, taking the format osinfo-db-$VERSION.tar.xz.

OPTIONS
     --user  Override the default behaviour to force archiving files from the
	     user database location.

     --local Override the default behaviour to force archiving files from the
	     local database location.

     --systemOverride the default behaviour to force archiving files from the
	     system database location.

     --dir=PATH
	     Override the default behaviour to force archiving files from the
	     custom directory PATH.

     --root=PATH
	     Prefix the database location with the root directory given by
	     "PATH". This is useful when wishing to archive files that are in a
	     chroot environment or equivalent.

     --version=VERSION
	     Set the version string for the files in the archive to VERSION. If
	     this argument is not given, the version will be set to the current
	     date in the format YYYYMMDD.

     --license=LICENSE-FILE
	     Add "LICENSE-FILE" to the generated archive as an entry named "LI-
	     CENSE".

     -v, --verbose
	     Display verbose progress information when archiving files

EXIT STATUS
     The exit status will be 0 if all files were packed successfully, or 1 if at
     least one file could not be packed into the archive.

SEE ALSO
     "osinfo-db-import(1)", "osinfo-db-path(1)"

AUTHORS
     Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.

LICENSE
     "osinfo-db-export" is distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2+ li-
     cense. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There
     is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
     PURPOSE

osinfo-db-tools-1.12.0		   2024-10-23		     osinfo-db-export(1)
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