Cannot export a Document Library with Powershell, but other Lists work

Question

I'm trying to do an "export-spweb" command in Powershell to mass-transfer lists and libraries from one site to another. Now, it partially worked, in that all my Lists that were not Doc Libraries successfully exported to .cmp files. For some reason, though, when I try the same script on Doc Libraries, it fails with the error:

Export-SPWeb : The URL provided is invalid. Only valid URLs that are site colle ctions or sites are allowed to be exported using stsadm.exe. At line:1 char:13

Here's the script that works fine:

export-spweb http://myspsite/subsite1 -ItemUrl "lists/List Name Here" -path C:\testexport.cmp

And here is the script that gives the above error message

export-spweb http://myspsite/subsite1 -ItemUrl "lists/Document Library Name Here" -path C:\testexport.cmp

Am I doing something wrong here, or is there a difference with exporting Lists vs Libraries?

Answer 1

Yes, document libraries don't live in "lists/", it's just the "document library name here"

Answer 2

Technet article is confusing when it comes to the library and lists.

For Document library at subsite use : Export-SPWeb -Identity http://TopLevelSite/sites/Subsite -ItemUrl DocLibName -Path "E:\Temp\Export.cmp" -Force -Verbose

For Lists use: Export-SPWeb -Identity http://TopLevelSite/sites/Subsite -ItemUrl Lists/ListName -Path "E:\Temp\Export.cmp" -Force -Verbose

Note: There is no "/" when exporting library before the library name.

Answer 3

Why can open your document library in Explorer end use copy-paste. I moved library from one portale to enother use that way.