NAME

       datalad export-archive - export the content of a dataset as a TAR/ZIP archive.

SYNOPSIS

       datalad    export-archive    [-h]    [-d    DATASET]    [-t   {tar|zip}]   [-c   {gz|bz2|}]   [--missing-
              content {error|continue|ignore}] [PATH]

OPTIONS

       PATH   File name of the generated TAR archive. If no file name is given the archive will be generated  in
              the current directory and will be named: datalad_<dataset_uuid>.(tar.*|zip). To generate that file
              in  a different directory, provide an existing directory as the file name. Constraints: value must
              be a string

       -h, -\-help, -\-help-np
              show this help message. --help-np forcefully disables the use of a pager for displaying  the  help
              message

       -d DATASET, -\-dataset DATASET
              "specify the dataset to export. If no dataset is given, an attempt is made to identify the dataset
              based on the current working directory. Constraints: Value must be a Dataset or a valid identifier
              of a Dataset (e.g. a path)

       -t {tar|zip}, -\-archivetype {tar|zip}
              Type of archive to generate. Constraints: value must be one of ('tar', 'zip') [Default: 'tar']

       -c {gz|bz2|}, -\-compression {gz|bz2|}
              Compression method to use. 'bz2' is not supported for ZIP archives. No compression is used when an
              empty string is given. Constraints: value must be one of ('gz', 'bz2', '') [Default: 'gz']

       -\-missing-content {error|continue|ignore}
              By  default,  any  discovered  file with missing content will result in an error and the export is
              aborted. Setting this to 'continue' will issue warnings instead of failing  on  error.  The  value
              'ignore'  will  only  inform about problem at the 'debug' log level. The latter two can be helpful
              when generating a TAR archive from a dataset where some file content  is  not  available  locally.
              Constraints: value must be one of ('error', 'continue', 'ignore') [Default: 'error']

AUTHORS

        datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors <team@datalad.org>.

datalad export-archive 0.12.4                      2020-04-06                          datalad export-archive(1)