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2 title: 'dav edit'
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5 **`dav edit [-pc] [-k <key>] [-V <version>] [-L <lock>] <url>`**
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7 Downloads a resources and opens an editor. If there is no resource at the
8 specified location, it is attempted to create a fresh resource.
9 The resource is downloaded to a temporary file and re-uploaded only if you save
10 any changes to that file.
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12 The default editor `vi` can be changed with the `EDITOR` environment variable.
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14 This command transparently handles decryption and encryption. If you download
15 and open a plain text file and request content encryption (either by config or
16 by command line option) the file will be re-uploaded with content encryption.
17 However, a present file will keep its (plain text) file name in any case.
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19 **`-p`** disable file name encryption and decryption
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21 **`-c`** enable file name and content encryption
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23 **`-k <key>`** use the specified key for encryption. The key must be configured in
24 the config.xml file
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26 **`-V <version>`** downloads a specific version of the resource. Available versions can be listed with the *list-versions* command
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28 **`-L <lock>`** use a lock token. See [dav lock][1]
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30 [1]: ./lock.html
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