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2 title: 'dav export'
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5 **`dav export [-pc] [-o <file>] [-u <date>] <url>`**
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7 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.
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9 Currently the only available archive format is the ustar format.
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11 These archive files can be uploaded to an collection with the [dav import][1] command.
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13 **`-p`** disable file name and content decryption. You get exactly what is stored
14 on the server.
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16 **`-c`** enable file name and content decryption
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18 **`-o <file>`** specify the local output file. A **-** indicates stdout
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20 **`-u <date>`** download only files which are modified since the specified date. Uses the HTTP date format
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22 [1]: ./import.html
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24 ### Example: create tar file from collection
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26 $ dav export -o collection.tar myserv/col/
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