[Zope] Re: import-export

R. David Murray bitz@bitdance.com
Wed, 7 Jun 2000 12:08:29 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 7 Jun 2000 gresham@mediavisual.com wrote:
> So how do I export everything from root? Ok .. this is a real bugger, I
> can't believe it's taken me so long to figure it out (I was first checking
> file permissions etc).
> 
> Answer:
> Make sure you are in the root folder and then click the Export... button
> near the bottom of the screen. LEAVE THE ID BLANK and click Export.
[...]
> I think that is hardly intuitive but doesn't seem to cause too many
> problems as I couldn't find any posts about it .. Has this just happened in
> a recent release, I know some workings to do with XML Exports were added?? 

Probably because a somewhat more intuitive (but not completely intuitive!)
method for copying the whole Zope tree is to just copy the Data.fs
file.  I know I never noticed the unobvious method for exporting the root
for that reason (that is, I never thought to try to do it).

--RDM