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title: 'dav export'
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**`dav export [-pc] [-o <file>] [-u <date>] <url>`**
Downloads a resource or a collection with all child resources, and writes the contents to an archive file. The Output is written to stdout, unless the **`-o`** option is used.
Currently the only available archive format is the ustar format.
These archive files can be uploaded to an collection with the [dav import][1] command.
**`-p`** disable file name and content decryption. You get exactly what is stored
on the server.
**`-c`** enable file name and content decryption
**`-o <file>`** specify the local output file. A **-** indicates stdout
**`-u <date>`** download only files which are modified since the specified date. Uses the HTTP date format
[1]: ./import.html
### Example: create tar file from collection
$ dav export -o collection.tar myserv/col/