save [--format|:F html|xml] [--xinclude|:x] [--file|:f filename | --pipe|:p filename | --string|:s | --print|:r ] [--subtree|:S] [--indent|:i | --no-indent|:I] [--skip-dtd|:d | --no-skip-dtd|:D] [--skip-empty-tags|:t | --no-skip-empty-tags|:T] [--skip-xmldecl|:x] [--encoding|:e encoding] document

This takes a given document, serializes it to XML or HTML and either saves the result to its original file or another file (default), pipes it to an external command, prints it on standard output, or simply returns it. Without arguments it simply saves current document to its original file.

--file|:f option may be used to specify an output file-name. By default, the original document's file-name is used.

--pipe|:p option specifies, that the output should be piped to an external command specified as the option's argument.

--print|:r option specifies, that the output should be printed on standard output.

--string|:s option specifies, that the output should be returned by the command as a string. In this case, the result is always in UTF8, regardless on which encoding is specified in the document or using --encoding option.

The above four options are mutually exclusive.

--format option may be used to specify the output format. It's argument should be either xml, html or an expression evaluating to one of these. If not specified, XML output is assumed. Note, that a document should be saved as HTML only if it actually is a HTML document, otherwise the result would be an invalid XML instance. Note also, that the optional encoding parameter only forces character conversion; it is up to the user to declare the document encoding in the appropriate HTML <META> tag, if needed.

--xinclude automatically implies XML format and can be used to force XSH2 to save all already expanded XInclude sections back to their original files while replacing them with <xi:include> tags in the main XML file. Moreover, all material included within <include> elements from the http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude namespace is saved to separate files too according to the href attribute, leaving only empty <include> element in the root file. This feature may be used to split the document to a new set of XInclude fragments.

If the --subtree (:S) flag is used, only the subtree of the specified node is saved instead of the complete document (this flag cannot be used with --html format).

--indent (:i) and --no-indent (:n) may be used to enforce/suppress indentation, overriding current global setting of indent.

--skip-dtd (:d) and --no-skip-dtd (:D) may be used to enforce/suppress skipping DTD declaration and internal subset on output, overriding current global setting of skip-dtd.

--empty-tags (:t) and --no-empty-tags (:T) may be used to override current global setting of empty-tags. --no-empty-tags instructs XSH2 to serialize elements with no child nodes as start-tag/end-tag pair <element></element> instead of using a short empty-tag form <element/>.

--skip-xmldecl (:x) instructs XSH2 to omit the XML declaration from the saved document. Note however, that XML declaration is obligatory for XML documents. It usually looks like <?xml version="1.0" ...?>.

--backup (:b) and --no-backup (:B) can be used to enforce/suppress creation of a backup file if target file already exists. Using these options overrides current global setting of backups.

--encoding followed by a encoding instructs XSH2 to save the document in the specified encoding. In case of XML output, the <?xml?> declaration is automatically changed accordingly.

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