NAME Config::Augeas::Exporter - Export the Augeas tree to various formats SYNOPSIS use Config::Augeas::Exporter # Initiliaze my $aug = Config::Augeas::Exporter->new( root => $aug_root ); # Export to XML my $doc = $aug->to_xml( path => ['/files/etc/fstab', '/files/etc/apt'], exclude => ['#comment', '#mcomment'], file_stat => 1, ); print $doc->toString; # Restore from XML open (my $fh, "<$file") or die "E: Could not open $file: $!\n" ; my $doc = XML::LibXML->load_xml(IO => $fh); close $fh; my $aug = Config::Augeas::Exporter->new(root => $root); $aug->from_xml(xml => $doc); DESCRIPTION This module allows to export the Augeas tree to various formats and import back from these formats to the configuration files. Constructor new ( ... ) Creates a new Config::Augeas::Exporter object. Optional parameters are: augeas A Config::Augeas object. If not provided, a new one will be created. root Use "root" as the filesystem root. Methods to_xml( ... ) Export the Augeas tree to a XML::LibXML::Document object. path An array of Augeas paths to export. If ommitted, it will default to '/files'. exclude An array of label patterns to exclude from the export. file_stat A boolean, whether to include file stat. to_hash( ... ) Export the Augeas tree to a hash. path "path" is the Augeas path to export. If ommitted, it will default to '/files'. exclude A list of label patterns to exclude from the export. to_yaml( ... ) Export the Augeas tree to YAML. path "path" is the Augeas path to export. If ommitted, it will default to '/files'. exclude A list of label patterns to exclude from the export. to_json( ... ) Export the Augeas tree to JSON. path "path" is the Augeas path to export. If ommitted, it will default to '/files'. exclude A list of label patterns to exclude from the export. from_xml( ... ) Restore the Augeas tree from an XML::LibXML::Document object. This method considers the files listed in the XML document, and replaces the corresponding files in the Augeas tree with the contents of the XML. xml The XML::LibXML::Document to use as source for import. create_dirs Boolean value, whether to create the directories if missing. SEE ALSO * Config::Augeas : The Config::Augeas module * http://augeas.net/ : The Augeas project page AUTHOR Raphaël Pinson, CONTRIBUTING This module is developed on Launchpad at: Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (C) 2011 by Raphaël Pinson This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the LGPL terms.