### 9.9 XEXPORT

    XEXPORT
            /OUTFILE=’file_name’
            /DIGITS=n
            /DROP=var_list
            /KEEP=var_list
            /RENAME=(src_names=target_names)…
            /TYPE={COMM,TAPE}
            /MAP

The `XEXPORT` transformation writes the active dataset dictionary and data to a specified portable file.

This transformation is a PSPP extension.

It is similar to the `EXPORT` procedure, with two differences:

- `XEXPORT` is a transformation, not a procedure. It is executed when the data is read by a procedure or procedure-like command.
- `XEXPORT` does not support the `UNSELECTED` subcommand.

See EXPORT, for more information.