SUNScholar/Export on the old server

Back to Export & Import

Create the folders

Become the root user by typing:

sudo -i

Make an exports folder as follows:

mkdir /home/exports

Make a scripts folder as follows:

mkdir /root/scripts

Create export script

Make an export script file as follows:

nano /root/scripts/collection-export

Copy and paste the following to the file open with the editor.

#!/bin/bash
# Define the configs.
. config

# Create the folders
if [ ! -d $EXPORT ]; then
    echo "Please make an export folder available."
    exit 1
fi

# Do the exports.
for i in `cat collections`; do
     ECID=$i
    if [ ! -d $EXPORT/$ECID ]; then
	mkdir $EXPORT/$ECID
        echo "Exporting collection no: $ECID" >> $EXPORT/export.log
	$DSHOME/bin/dspace export -d $EXPORT/$ECID -t COLLECTION -n 100 -i $HANDLE/$ECID
    else
        echo "Collection:$ECID already exported." >> $EXPORT/export.log	
    fi
done

# Give all permissions
chmod -R 0777 $EXPORT
chown -R root.root $EXPORT

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Please note: The "-m" will export items without repository metadata, iow: a clean export. This is for migration not movement of assets. Only available from DSpace version 1.6.0.

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NANO Editor Help

CTL+O	= Save the file and then press Enter
CTL+X	= Exit "nano"
CTL+K	= Delete line
CTL+U	= Undelete line
CTL+W	= Search for %%string%%
CTL+\	= Search for %%string%% and replace with $$string$$
CTL+C	= Show line numbers

More info = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano_(text_editor)

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Now make the file executeable as follows:

chmod 0755 /root/scripts/collection-export

Create export config file

Make a config file as follows:

nano /root/scripts/config

Copy and paste the following into editor.

DSHOME="$HOME"
HANDLE="123456789"
EXPORT="$HOME/exports"

Modify the above to suit your site.

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NANO Editor Help

CTL+O	= Save the file and then press Enter
CTL+X	= Exit "nano"
CTL+K	= Delete line
CTL+U	= Undelete line
CTL+W	= Search for %%string%%
CTL+\	= Search for %%string%% and replace with $$string$$
CTL+C	= Show line numbers

More info = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano_(text_editor)

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Create export collections file

Make collections file as follows:

nano /root/scripts/collections

Copy and paste the following into the editor.

12
34
23
56
21

Change the above to reflect the collection handle ID's you want to export.

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NANO Editor Help

CTL+O	= Save the file and then press Enter
CTL+X	= Exit "nano"
CTL+K	= Delete line
CTL+U	= Undelete line
CTL+W	= Search for %%string%%
CTL+\	= Search for %%string%% and replace with $$string$$
CTL+C	= Show line numbers

More info = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano_(text_editor)

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Do the export

Run the script as follows:

/root/scripts/collection-export

To watch the log file as the exports happen, type the following after opening another terminal:

tail -f /home/exports/export.log

Create an exports tarball archive

After the exports are complete, make a tarball backup as follows:

cd /home

tar -czvf exports.tgz exports/

Now copy the tarball (exports.tgz) to a portable disk or remote backup device.