export _out of_ Alfresco to local filesystem

[steve_tekell]

Is there a way to export a portion of the tree (space plus subspaces) to the local filesystem?
And a way to do this that can be used in a rule?

(FYI enabling CIFS, FTP, etc Alfresco services is not an option for me)

[jbarmash]

You can go to a space, and export all contents into another space, creating an ACP file (which is a zip).  You can then download the file. 

Additionally, there is an export tool.  Have you seen this page? There is an export tool.  
    http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Export_and_Import

You can also take the exported file, and edit it in case you need to reimport things later in specific ways.

As far as a rule, not out of the box that I know of.  You could create a custom rule that makes call outs to the export functionality.

[steve_tekell]

You can go to a space, and export all contents into another space, creating an ACP file (which is a zip).  You can then download the file.

I am familiar with the "export" (packaging) function.  I don't want packages.  I want copies of individual items with their names intact.
I guess should have limited my question to just exporting a single file (copy to local filesystem) when it's updated.  If I can do that, I can manage the rest.

Additionally, there is an export tool.  Have you seen this page? There is an export tool.  
    http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Export_and_Import

I haven't used it, but I thought it was about creating archives like the "export" function.   Am I wrong?

[jbarmash]

You are right - I was a bit confused. 

There is no out of the box way to export multiple items. The only way would be to write some kind of script / program.   If you don't have access to the server, you can use SOAP web services.

Or another alternative - use the export, unzip the files, and then match up the internal names in the file with the file names in the xml file.

[aramu]

hello can any body help with export tool.
.
i have created a Export.sh file in web-inf directory

which is as follows.
export path=/opt/jdk1.6.0_03/bin

java -classpath classes/alfresco/module:../../../shared/classes:classes:lib/cglib-full-2.0.1:lib/cglib-nodep-2.1_3.jar:lib/spring.jar:lib/backport-util-concurrent-2.2.jar:lib/acegi-security-0.8.2_patched:lib/activation.jar:lib/addressing-1.0.jar:lib/core.jar:lib/alfresco-mbeans.jar:lib/remote-api.jar:lib/repository.jar:lib/web-client.jar:lib/ant.jar:lib/antlr-2.7.5H3.jar:lib/aopalliance.jar:lib/avalon-framework-4.2.0.jar:lib/bcel.jar:lib/bcprov-jdk15-129.jar:lib/bsf-2.4.0.jar:lib/bsh-1.3.0.jar:lib/catalina.jar:lib/cglib-nodep-2.2_beta1.jar:lib/chiba-1.3.0.jar:lib/commons-beanutils-1.6.1.jar:lib/commons-codec-1.3.jar:lib/commons-collections-3.0.jar:lib/commons-dbcp-1.2.1.jar:lib/commons-digester-1.5.jar:lib/commons-discovery-0.2.jar:lib/commons-el.jar:lib/commons-fileupload-1.1.1.jar:lib/commons-httpclient-3.0.jar:lib/commons-io-1.1.jar:lib/commons-jxpath-1.2.jar:lib/commons-logging.jar:lib/commons-modeler.jar:lib/commons-pool-1.3.jar:lib/commons-validator.jar:lib/cpool.jar:lib/cryptix-jce-provider.jar:lib/dom4j-1.6.1.jar:lib/ehcache-1.2.2.jar:lib/fontbox-0.1.0.jar:lib/fop-0.92beta.jar:lib/freemarker.jar:lib/hibernate-3.2.1.jar:lib/hrtlib.jar:lib/hsqldb.jar:lib/htmlparser-1.6.jar:lib/jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar:lib/jaxen-1.1-beta-8.jar:lib/jaxrpc.jar:lib/jbpm-3.1.2.jar:jbpm-identity-3.1.2.jar:lib/jcr-1.0.jar:lib/jgroups-2.2.8.jar:lib/jibx-bind.jar:lib/jibx-run.jar:lib/jid3lib-0.5.jar:lib/JMagick.jar:lib/joda-time-1.2.1.jar:lib/jooconverter-2.1.0.jar:lib/jstl.jar:lib/jta.jar:lib/jug.jar:lib/jut.jar:lib/log4j-1.2.8.jar:lib/lucene-analyzers-2.0.0.jar:lib/lucene-core-2.0.0.jar:lib/lucene-snowball-2.0.0.jar:lib/mail.jar:lib/myfaces-api.jar:lib/myfaces-impl.jar:lib/naming-factory.jar:lib/naming-resources.jar:lib/odf_utils.jar:lib/odmg-3.0.jar:lib/openoffice-juh-2.0.3.jar:lib/openoffice-jurt-2.0.3.jar:lib/openoffice-ridl-2.0.3.jar:lib/openoffice-sandbox-2.0.3.jar:lib/openoffice-unoil-2.0.3.jar:lib/opensaml-1.0.1.jar:lib/pdfbox-0.7.3.jar:lib/poi-2.5.1_patched.jar:lib/portlet-api-lib.jar:lib/quartz-1.6.0.jar:lib/resolver.jar:lib/rhino-js-1.6R4.jar:lib/saaj.jar:lib/saxpath.jar:lib/spring.jar:lib/springmodules-jbpm31.jar:lib/standard.jar:lib/tlc124.jar:lib/tm-extractors-0.4_patched.jar:lib/tomcat-coyote.jar:lib/tomcat-util.jar:lib/truezip.jar:lib/wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar:lib/wss4j.jar:lib/xercesImpl-2.8.0.jar:lib/xml-apis.jar:lib/xmlgraphics-commons-1.0.jar:lib/xmlsec-1.4.0.jar:lib/xpp3-1.1.3_8.jar:lib/xstream-1.1.3.jar:../../../common/lib/mysql-connector-java-5.0.3-bin.jar:../../../common/endorsed/serializer.jar:../../../common/endorsed/xalan.jar:lib/axis.jar org.alfresco.tools.Export -user admin -pwd admin -store user://alfrescoUserStore -verbose users.acp


The above is giving class not found exception for net.ssf.. which i have included in the classpath(see above)

My question is

1. Is existence of a current database mandatory for export command line tools.
2. i have added as much jar files on seeing the errors. is there any list of jar files required for running this tool.
3. is there any other simple go.
4 . what is wrong with above .sh file.
5. if i compile the repository-api using alfresco sdk will this solve the problem.(ie making the jar and replacing the repository-api)

machine is running on fedora core 4

error is given below

22:30:27,365 ERROR [org.hibernate.proxy.BasicLazyInitializer] CGLIB Enhancement failed: org.alfresco.repo.domain.hibernate.TransactionImpl
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net.sf.cglib.core.DebuggingClassWriter$1
   at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.8rh)
   at net.sf.cglib.core.DebuggingClassWriter.toByteArray(DebuggingClassWriter.java:104)
   at net.sf.cglib.core.DefaultGeneratorStrategy.generate(DefaultGeneratorStrategy.java:64)
   at net.sf.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator.create(AbstractClassGenerator.java:192)
   at net.sf.cglib.core.KeyFactory$Generator.create(KeyFactory.java:177)
   at net.sf.cglib.core.KeyFactory.create(KeyFactory.java:149)
   at net.sf.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.<clinit>(Enhancer.java:102)
   at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.8rh)
   at org.hibernate.proxy.CGLIBLazyInitializer.getProxyFactory(CGLIBLazyInitializer.java:116)
   at org.hibernate.proxy.CGLIBProxyFactory.postInstantiate(CGLIBProxyFactory.java:41)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.PojoEntityTuplizer.buildProxyFactory(PojoEntityTuplizer.java:161)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.AbstractEntityTuplizer.<init>(AbstractEntityTuplizer.java:131)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.PojoEntityTuplizer.<init>(PojoEntityTuplizer.java:55)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.TuplizerLookup.create(TuplizerLookup.java:64)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.EntityMetamodel.<init>(EntityMetamodel.java:257)
   at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.<init>(AbstractEntityPersister.java:412)
   at org.hibernate.persister.entity.SingleTableEntityPersister.<init>(SingleTableEntityPersister.java:108)
   at org.hibernate.persister.PersisterFactory.createClassPersister(PersisterFactory.java:55)
   at org.hibernate.impl.SessionFactoryImpl.<init>(SessionFactoryImpl.java:216)
   at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1176)
   at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.newSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:814)
   at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.buildSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:732)
   at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.AbstractSessionFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractSessionFactoryBean.java:211)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1367)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1333)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:471)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(libgcj.so.8rh)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:220)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:269)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:104)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1244)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1008)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:470)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(libgcj.so.8rh)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:220)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeansOfType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:308)
   at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBeansOfType(AbstractApplicationContext.java:948)
   at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.registerListeners(AbstractApplicationContext.java:702)
   at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:378)
   at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
   at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:93)
   at org.alfresco.util.ApplicationContextHelper.getApplicationContext(ApplicationContextHelper.java:48)
   at org.alfresco.tools.Tool.initialiseRepository(Tool.java:246)
   at org.alfresco.tools.Tool.start(Tool.java:212)
   at org.alfresco.tools.Export.main(Export.java:65)

22:30:27,456 ERROR [org.hibernate.proxy.BasicLazyInitializer] CGLIB Enhancement failed: org.alfresco.repo.domain.hibernate.DbAccessControlEntryImpl
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net.sf.cglib.proxy.Enhancer
   at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.8rh)
   at org.hibernate.proxy.CGLIBLazyInitializer.getProxyFactory(CGLIBLazyInitializer.java:116)
   at org.hibernate.proxy.CGLIBProxyFactory.postInstantiate(CGLIBProxyFactory.java:41)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.PojoEntityTuplizer.buildProxyFactory(PojoEntityTuplizer.java:161)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.AbstractEntityTuplizer.<init>(AbstractEntityTuplizer.java:131)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.PojoEntityTuplizer.<init>(PojoEntityTuplizer.java:55)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.TuplizerLookup.create(TuplizerLookup.java:64)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.EntityMetamodel.<init>(EntityMetamodel.java:257)
   at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.<init>(AbstractEntityPersister.java:412)
   at org.hibernate.persister.entity.SingleTableEntityPersister.<init>(SingleTableEntityPersister.java:108)
   at org.hibernate.persister.PersisterFactory.createClassPersister(PersisterFactory.java:55)
   at org.hibernate.impl.SessionFactoryImpl.<init>(SessionFactoryImpl.java:216)
   at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1176)
   at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.newSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:814)
   at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.buildSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:732)
   at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.AbstractSessionFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractSessionFactoryBean.java:211)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1367)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1333)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:471)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(libgcj.so.8rh)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:220)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:269)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:104)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1244)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1008)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:470)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(libgcj.so.8rh)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:220)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeansOfType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:308)
   at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBeansOfType(AbstractApplicationContext.java:948)
   at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.registerListeners(AbstractApplicationContext.java:702)
   at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:378)
   at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
   at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:93)
   at org.alfresco.util.ApplicationContextHelper.getApplicationContext(ApplicationContextHelper.java:48)
   at org.alfresco.tools.Tool.initialiseRepository(Tool.java:246)
   at org.alfresco.tools.Tool.start(Tool.java:212)
   at org.alfresco.tools.Export.main(Export.java:65)

22:30:27,595 ERROR [org.hibernate.proxy.BasicLazyInitializer] CGLIB Enhancement failed: org.jbpm.scheduler.def.CreateTimerAction
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net.sf.cglib.proxy.Enhancer
   at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.8rh)
   at org.hibernate.proxy.CGLIBLazyInitializer.getProxyFactory(CGLIBLazyInitializer.java:116)
   at org.hibernate.proxy.CGLIBProxyFactory.postInstantiate(CGLIBProxyFactory.java:41)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.PojoEntityTuplizer.buildProxyFactory(PojoEntityTuplizer.java:161)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.AbstractEntityTuplizer.<init>(AbstractEntityTuplizer.java:131)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.PojoEntityTuplizer.<init>(PojoEntityTuplizer.java:55)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.TuplizerLookup.create(TuplizerLookup.java:64)
   at org.hibernate.tuple.EntityMetamodel.<init>(EntityMetamodel.java:257)
   at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.<init>(AbstractEntityPersister.java:412)
   at org.hibernate.persister.entity.SingleTableEntityPersister.<init>(SingleTableEntityPersister.java:108)
   at org.hibernate.persister.PersisterFactory.createClassPersister(PersisterFactory.java:55)
   at org.hibernate.impl.SessionFactoryImpl.<init>(SessionFactoryImpl.java:216)
   at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1176)
   at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.newSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:814)
   at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.buildSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:732)
   at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.AbstractSessionFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractSessionFactoryBean.java:211)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1367)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1333)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:471)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(libgcj.so.8rh)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:220)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:269)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:104)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1244)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1008)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:470)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(libgcj.so.8rh)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:220)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeansOfType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:308)
   at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBeansOfType(AbstractApplicationContext.java:948)
   at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.registerListeners(AbstractApplicationContext.java:702)
   at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:378)
   at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
   at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:93)
   at org.alfresco.util.ApplicationContextHelper.getApplicationContext(ApplicationContextHelper.java:48)
   at org.alfresco.tools.Tool.initialiseRepository(Tool.java:246)
   at org.alfresco.tools.Tool.start(Tool.java:212)
   at org.alfresco.tools.Export.main(Export.java:65)

[jbarmash]

One quick note: JVM 1.6 is not supported - i heard there might be issues with it.  you might try SUN 1.5 JVM. 

1. Is existence of a current database mandatory for export command line tools.
I am not sure I understand. you need to export the data out of somewhere. 
2. i have added as much jar files on seeing the errors. is there any list of jar files required for running this tool.
it's a pain.  i saw some people use a script that just adds all the jars in lib directory to make it easier.

5. if i compile the repository-api using alfresco sdk will this solve the problem.(ie making the jar and replacing the repository-api)
i don't see whhy that would - the problem seems to be classpath-related.

[aramu]

Thanks a lot.
Sorry my sec list of questions.

1. if have a store of 2.0 and i use 2.1 to export and import using same content repository will it work(here i migrated from 2.0 to 2.1).
2. how to recreate users and user homes. Is it automatic via export and import tool or we have something more than it to do.
3. how to regain user info and user homes.
Kindly let me know. and kindly help me out.
Thank you