# Platform export command doesn't output anything

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/platform-export-command-doesnt-output-anything/4331>\
**Category:** Command Line Interface\
**Created:** [January 8, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/platform-export-command-doesnt-output-anything/4331 "2018-01-08T20:41:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ahung-se](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@ahung-se](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/ahung-se)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/platform-export-command-doesnt-output-anything/4331/1 "2018-01-08T20:41:28Z")

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I’m having difficulty with the `platform export` command, which doesn’t seem to be exporting any data. I’m using a Mattermost-Docker docker container to serve my server and web client with various test users chatting, and I’d like to export those chat logs. According to [platform CLI documentation](https://docs.mattermost.com/administration/command-line-tools.html#platform-export), I should be able to export data with the `platform export` command.

I’ve set the `MessageExportSettings.EnableExport` setting in the `config.json` file to `true`, and the export command I’m using, `platform export --format=actiance --exportFrom=0 --timeoutSeconds=0`, exits fine with a 0 code. Although, there isn’t any exported data file in my current working directory, or anywhere in the Mattermost directory that I’m aware of.

I am running Mattermost 4.5.0 Team Edition.

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**Author:** ![lindy65](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/lindy65/32/1811_2.png) [@lindy65](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/lindy65)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/platform-export-command-doesnt-output-anything/4331/2 "2018-01-12T08:06:48Z")

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Hi @ahung-se,

Thanks for your feedback,

There are some [notes](https://docs.mattermost.com/administration/command-line-tools.html#using-the-cli-on-docker-install) in the documentation specific to Docker install that I just wanted to be sure you’ve seen?