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title: 'dav edit'
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**`dav edit [-pc] [-k <key>] [-V <version>] [-L <lock>] <url>`**

Downloads a resources and opens an editor. If there is no resource at the
specified location, it is attempted to create a fresh resource.
The resource is downloaded to a temporary file and re-uploaded only if you save
any changes to that file.

The default editor `vi` can be changed with the `EDITOR` environment variable.

This command transparently handles decryption and encryption. If you download
and open a plain text file and request content encryption (either by config or
by command line option) the file will be re-uploaded with content encryption.
However, a present file will keep its (plain text) file name in any case.

**`-p`** disable file name encryption and decryption

**`-c`** enable file name and content encryption

**`-k <key>`** use the specified key for encryption. The key must be configured in
  the config.xml file

**`-V <version>`** downloads a specific version of the resource. Available versions can be listed with the *list-versions* command

**`-L <lock>`** use a lock token. See [dav lock][1]

[1]: ./lock.html