[Zope] Export a piece of zope database

[Paul Everitt]

Francois wrote:
> Is there a way to export a folder from zope database in order to 
> import this new piece in zope database?

There is an undocumented feature appropriately named a hack:

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      - Stop-gap export/import

        Eventually, there will be an interface for exporting and
        importing objects.  This has to be done carefully for security
        reasons.

        As a stop-gap measure, Folders now have the methods:

        manage_exportHack -- Export the folder, or one of it's items

           If an id is specified, then a sub-object is exported,
           otherwise the folder is exported.  The object is exported
           to the file: 'var/export.bbe' in the Zope installation
           directory. 

        manage_importHack -- Export an object into a folder

           An object is imported into the folder from the file:
	   'var/export.bbe' in the Zope installation
           directory. 
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Amos says he has mostly finished up an official version of this that
will be checked into the final 1.10 release.

--Paul

Paul Everitt       Digital Creations
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