Export folder structure for backup purposes

[VadarVillage]

First off, I love this app. I have made a few Django apps for my own use that are far less ambitions than this app, you have clearly put a lot of work into this.

Do you have a function to export the directory structure and file names as they appear in the web UI?

I need to export the directory structure and files, then store an archive so that it can be used in windows file explorer. I reviewed the node.py model file, and I can make a script to do this on my own if I must. Your code is clean and easy to understand, thank you for making this tool.

[ciur]

I assume we are discussing here version 2.1.x.

Do you have a function to export the directory structure and file names as they appear in the web UI?

yes, there are actually two django commands:

• backup
• restore

There is also a documentation page about them: https://docs.papermerge.io/backup_restore.html

I guess you are mostly interested in this module: https://github.com/papermerge/papermerge-core/blob/stable/2.1.x/papermerge/core/backup_restore/backup.py

If you will perform backup outside docker container, in other words on the file system which support symlinks, the backup
archive will include the same structure as in web UI, but instead of documents there are symlinks pointing to the
actual document files in media folder. Give it a try and you will understand what I mean (just keep in mind that your file system need to support symbolic links).

[VadarVillage]

Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to make it easy for me. I'll check out the docs and that module.

I didn't want to start scanning all these documents before I knew what I was getting into.