glx export

Export a GLX archive to GEDCOM format

Synopsis

Export a GLX archive to GEDCOM format.

Supports both GEDCOM 5.5.1 and GEDCOM 7.0 output formats.

The input can be either a single-file GLX archive (.glx) or a multi-file archive directory.

The exported GEDCOM file will include:

• All individuals (INDI records)
• All families (FAM records, reconstructed from relationships)
• All sources (SOUR records)
• All repositories (REPO records)
• All media objects (OBJE records)
• Events, places, citations, and notes

glx export <glx-archive> [flags]

Examples

  # Export to GEDCOM 5.5.1 (default)
  glx export family-archive -o family.ged

  # Export a single-file archive
  glx export family.glx -o family.ged

  # Export to GEDCOM 7.0
  glx export family-archive -o family.ged --format 70

  # Export with verbose output
  glx export family-archive -o family.ged --verbose

Options

  -f, --format string   GEDCOM version: 551 or 70 (default "551")
  -h, --help            help for export
  -o, --output string   Output GEDCOM file path (required)
  -v, --verbose         Verbose output

SEE ALSO

• glx - GENEALOGIX CLI - Manage and validate genealogy archives