>> What is the syntax on repctl command line to exportrepository task=<tsk_name> without endpoints?
I don't think that exists for REPCTL. See full HELP output for exportrepository below.
it is a simple matter of programming though if you are scripting anyway. Years ago I made 'superscripts' for JSON manipulation in PERL and Powershell. They can delete 'sections' from the json file on request.
Here is a PERL variant, just to delete the 'databases' section from a JSON exports. Note: the textual formatting will be too different to be able to readily compare old and new, but it imports fine and you could re-export to get the Replicate formatting style to check against old. I just made this, and only tested against 1 task. Your mileage may vary.
Good luck,
Hein.
my $usage = qq(Usage:\n\tperl < old.json > new.json\n);
use strict;
use warnings;
use JSON qw( to_json from_json );
my ($verbose, $json_text, $decoded_json) = (1, '');
for (<STDIN>) {
next if /^\s*\/\//; # Ignore comment line(s) - typically just the first line.
$json_text .= $_;
}
print STDERR "$. input lines, ",length($json_text)," bytes in input file\n" if $verbose;
die "input file does not look reasonable. Only $. input lines" if $. < 10;
$decoded_json = from_json( $json_text );
if (defined($decoded_json->{'cmd.replication_definition'}->{databases})) {
delete($decoded_json->{'cmd.replication_definition'}->{databases});
} else {
printf "Section <databases> does not exist in this input json\n";
}
$json_text = to_json ( $decoded_json, { pretty => 1 } );
print STDOUT $json_text;
command exportrepository:
request arguments:
task:optional string
include_server_settings:optional BOOL
only_external_table_defs:optional BOOL
folder_name:optional string
unique_name:optional BOOL
endpoint:optional string
calculate_db_qri:optional BOOL
response arguments:
message:optional string
file_path:optional string
[exportrepository command] Succeeded
