eXist Command: get
Gets resources on an eXist serverSynopsis
get [exist options] resourceget [exist options] resource output_file
get [exist options] resource resource [resource ...] output_directory
Description
Gets resources residing on an eXist server.Resources are specified by the relative or absolute path. If a collection is specified then the collection description is returned as defined by the GET method in http://exist.sourceforge.net/devguide_rest.html
In the one argument case the resource is retrieved and output to the standard output.
In the two argument case the resource is retrieved and stored to the named file or port.
In the three or more argument case multiple resources are retrieved and stored in the output directory named by the basename of the resource.
Exist Options
The get command accepts all eXist Common OptionsExample
Assuming the prefix "e" is imported as the exist module, gets the resource "test.xml" and outputs ite:get test.xml
Gets the eXist resource test.xml and stores as the local file mine.xml
e:get test.xml mine.xml
Gets a.xml, b.xml and c.xml and stores to the local directory out.
e:get a.xml b.xml c.xml out
To describe a collection and all its children use the collection name as the argument
e:get /db/test
Result
<exist:result xmlns:exist="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist"> <exist:collection name="/db/test" created="2011-06-03T07:49:41.972-05:00" owner="guest" group="guest" permissions="rwur-ur-u"> <exist:resource name="a.xml" created="2011-06-03T07:49:41.972-05:00" last-modified="2011-06-03T07:49:41.972-05:00" owner="guest" group="guest" permissions="rwur-ur-u"/> <exist:resource name="b.xml" created="2011-06-03T07:49:59.54-05:00" last-modified="2011-06-03T07:49:59.54-05:00" owner="guest" group="guest" permissions="rwur-ur-u"/> </exist:collection> </exist:result>$
Implementation
get is implemented using the REST protocol using the GET method
See http://exist.sourceforge.net/devguide_rest.html
eXist Extension Module
