Editing Migration (section)

=== export3data.pl ===

This script exports the data from your EPrints 2 repostory in a format which can be imported by EPrints 3.

There have been some problems with exporting non Latin characters (e.g. letters with accents).  If you have any problems, these can probably be solved by editing the export3data script and adding the following line (put it just under the first line).

  use encoding 'utf8';

To export the data do the following:

  export3data.pl ARCHIVEID eprints > eprints.xml
  export3data.pl ARCHIVEID users > users.xml
  export3data.pl ARCHIVEID subjects > subjects.xml

eprints.xml references the full paths of the files in EPrints 2. If your EPrints 3 is on a different machine you'll need to either make sure they are the same on the new machine or do a big search-and-replace on eprints.xml!

If the script has any problems, run with the 'skiplog' argument:

  export3data.pl --skiplog errors.txt ARCHIVEID eprints > eprints.xml

Any items with problems will be ignored, but the ids of them will be recorded in the 'errors.txt' file.  Export these by hand if they are important.