docs: def export(name, path, replace=False):
      '''
      Export a zones configuration
  
      name : string
          name of the zone
      path : string
          path of file to export too.
      replace : boolean
          replace the file if it exists
  
      '''
      ret = {'name': name,
             'changes': {},
             'result': None,
             'comment': ''}
  
      zones = __salt__['zoneadm.list'](installed=True, configured=True)
      if name in zones:
          ## zone exists
          if __opts__['test']:
              ## pretend we did the correct thing
              ret['result'] = True
              ret['comment'] = 'Zone configartion for {0} exported to {1}'.format(
                  name,
                  path,
              )
              ret['changes'][name] = 'exported'
              if __salt__['file.file_exists'](path) and not replace:
                  ret['result'] = False
                  ret['changes'] = {}
                  ret['comment'] = 'File {0} exists, zone configuration for {1} not exported.'.format(
                      path,
                      name,
                  )
          else:
              ## export and update file
              cfg_tmp = salt.utils.files.mkstemp()
              __salt__['zonecfg.export'](name, cfg_tmp)
              if not __salt__['file.file_exists'](path):
                  ## move cfg_tmp to path
                  try:
                      __salt__['file.move'](cfg_tmp, path)
                  except CommandExecutionError:
                      if __salt__['file.file_exists'](cfg_tmp):
                          __salt__['file.remove'](cfg_tmp)
                      ret['result'] = False
                      ret['comment'] = 'Unable to export zone configuration for {0} to {1}!'.format(
                          name,
                          path,
                      )
                  else:
                      ret['result'] = True
                      ret['comment'] = 'Zone configuration for {0} was exported to {1}.'.format(
                          name,
                          path,
                      )
                      ret['changes'][name] = 'exported'
              else:
                  cfg_diff = __salt__['file.get_diff'](path, cfg_tmp)
                  if not cfg_diff:
                      ret['result'] = True
                      ret['comment'] = 'Zone configuration for {0} was already exported to {1}.'.format(
                          name,
                          path
                      )
                      if __salt__['file.file_exists'](cfg_tmp):
                          __salt__['file.remove'](cfg_tmp)
                  else:
                      if replace:
                          try:
                              __salt__['file.move'](cfg_tmp, path)
                          except CommandExecutionError:
                              if __salt__['file.file_exists'](cfg_tmp):
                                  __salt__['file.remove'](cfg_tmp)
                              ret['result'] = False
                              ret['comment'] = 'Unable to be re-export zone configuration for {0} to {1}!'.format(
                                  name,
                                  path,
                              )
                          else:
                              ret['result'] = True
                              ret['comment'] = 'Zone configuration for {0} was re-exported to {1}.'.format(
                                  name,
                                  path,
                              )
                              ret['changes'][name] = 'exported'
                      else:
                          ret['result'] = False
                          ret['comment'] = 'Zone configuration for {0} is different from the one exported to {1}!'.format(
                              name,
                              path
                          )
                          if __salt__['file.file_exists'](cfg_tmp):
                              __salt__['file.remove'](cfg_tmp)
      else:
          ## zone does not exist
          ret['comment'] = []
          ret['comment'].append(
              'The zone {0} does not exist.'.format(name)
          )
          for zone in zones:
              if zones[zone]['uuid'] == name:
                  ret['comment'].append(
                      'The zone {0} has a uuid of {1}, please use the zone name instead!'.format(
                          name,
                          path,
                      )
                  )
  
          ret['result'] = False
          ret['comment'] = "\n".join(ret['comment'])
  
      return ret