add an "--assertExists" option to mongoexport

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    • Type: New Feature
    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Major - P3
    • 3.0.13, 3.2.8, 3.3.11
    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Component/s: mongoexport
    • None
    • Needed
    • v3.2, v3.0

      When using the "-c" option to mongoexport, the command will cheerily comply if exporting from a collection that does not exist (and report that 0 records were exported).

      The mongodb node driver has a "strict" option that allows a user to specify that commands should fail if a collection is not yet defined. Can you add a similar option to mongoexport?

      I have a use case where I'd like to be able to distinguish between a collection that does not exist, and a collection that has 0 records.

            Assignee:
            Zach Snow (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            Jim Rath
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