Questions about Alfresco Repository

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claudio2009

Hi community,

I've some questions about Alfresco's repository.
I learned Alfresco uses a database for store meta-data,rules,actions and uses a repository (folder alf_data) to store content of files.

As i see, Alfresco don't maintain the name and extension of stored files but convert them into a .bin format and i can't touch them.

My question is:

If next year, I wanna change my ECM (new product,technology and so on) how can I regain my original file name and extension?
Use alfresco web-client and download every single file is not a valid option.


Thanks in advance for your reply.

mrogers

Thre are lots and lots of options.

If all you need is to "see the original files" then use one of the remote file system projections of alfresco .  There's a long list including cifs and ftp that you can just use an OS command to copy out the files.      Or if you need to maintain your alfresco metadata you can use an ETL tool.   Or use the export facilities from alfresco.  Or write your own programs to pull the content from alfresco and stick it in your new system.