NAME

       osinfo-db-export - Export to a osinfo database archive

SYNOPSIS

       osinfo-db-export [OPTIONS...] [ARCHIVE-FILE]

DESCRIPTION

       The osinfo-db-export tool will create an osinfo database archive file containing the
       content from one of the standard local database locations:

       system
        This is the primary system-wide database location, intended for use by operating system
        vendors distributing database files in the native package format.

       local
        This is the secondary system-wide database location, intended for use by system
        administrators wishing to provide an updated database for all users.

       user
        This is the user private database location, intended for use by unprivileged local users
        wishing to provide applications they use with an updated database.

       If run by a privileged account (ie root), the local database location will be used by
       default, otherwise the user location will be used.

       If no ARCHIVE-FILE path is given, an automatically generated filename will be used, taking
       the format osinfo-db-$VERSION.tar.xz.

OPTIONS

       --user  Override the default behaviour to force archiving files from the user database
               location.

       --local Override the default behaviour to force archiving files from the local database
               location.

       --system
               Override the default behaviour to force archiving files from the system database
               location.

       --dir=PATH
               Override the default behaviour to force archiving files from the custom directory
               PATH.

       --root=PATH
               Prefix the database location with the root directory given by "PATH". This is
               useful when wishing to archive files that are in a chroot environment or
               equivalent.

       --version=VERSION
               Set the version string for the files in the archive to VERSION. If this argument
               is not given, the version will be set to the current date in the format YYYYMMDD.

       --license=LICENSE-FILE
               Add "LICENSE-FILE" to the generated archive as an entry named "LICENSE".

       -v, --verbose
               Display verbose progress information when archiving files

EXIT STATUS

       The exit status will be 0 if all files were packed successfully, or 1 if at least one file
       could not be packed into the archive.

SEE ALSO

       "osinfo-db-import(1)", "osinfo-db-path(1)"

AUTHORS

       Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.

LICENSE

       "osinfo-db-export" is distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2+ license. This is
       free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE