Export properties for a given environment

[rlouapre]

I am looking for a way to export the list of propertie for a given environment and I was planning to use ml info for that.
The idea is to reuse the parameter defined in Roxy for other tools (gulp, mocha...).
The current format used by ml info can be easily formatted but we need to be careful with providing more feedback #414 (comment).
It would be event easier if Roxy could support standard format: xml, csv or yml.
Or is there a better way than using ml info

@paxtonhare - how MarkLogic Sublime does it?

[grtjn]

It should be almost trivial to convert the output of ml info with sed or awk I'd say, but interesting anyhow I think.

XML or JSON output makes sense. CSV makes a bit less sense to me. INI or properties style more. And the current output is already compatible with YML I think, except that it is lacking hierarchy?

[rlouapre]

Why would I need additional command line tools to convert it?
They might be available on OSX or Linux but maybe not out of box on Windows 😃

I am not sure the current is compatible with yml:

IS_JAR: false
Properties:
ml.xquery.dir: D:/Projects/ml/xxx/src
ml.xquery-test.dir: D:/Projects/xxx/roxy/src/test
ml.xcc-server-name: 8271-xxx-xdbc
...

I am happy to implement this feature once we agree on the supported format.

[grtjn]

I meant sed and awk as a workaround.

I would be happy with something like ml local info --format=xml. @paxtonhare, @dmcassel?

[dmcassel]

Seems reasonable to me. Something like: ml local info --format=json

{
  "isJar": false,
  "properties": {
    "ml.xquery.dir": "/Users/dcassel/git/roxy-dmc/src",
    "ml.xquery-test.dir": "/Users/dcassel/git/roxy-dmc/src/test",
    ...
  }
}

[dmcassel]

fixed in dev