diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index 786dbf6..e78933e 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ tap.test('should add a mongotarget to mongodump instance', async () => {
 
 tap.test('should dump a collection to a directory', async () => {
   const target = await testMongodump.addMongoTargetByMongoDescriptor(await testSmartMongo.getMongoDescriptor());
-  const collections = await target.getCollections();
-  for (const collection of collections) {
-    await target.dumpCollectionToDir(collection, '.nogit', doc => doc.id);
-  }
+  await target.dumpAllCollectionsToDir('.nogit', docArg => docArg.id, true);
 })
 
 tap.test('should stop the smartmongo instance', async () => {
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index b4bb9b8..1e38f89 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@pushrocks/mongodump',
-  version: '1.0.4',
+  version: '1.0.5',
   description: 'a tool to handle dumps of mongodb databases'
 }
diff --git a/ts/mongodump.classes.mongodumptarget.ts b/ts/mongodump.classes.mongodumptarget.ts
index 9029eda..7ed2fc2 100644
--- a/ts/mongodump.classes.mongodumptarget.ts
+++ b/ts/mongodump.classes.mongodumptarget.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ import * as plugins from './mongodump.plugins.js';
  * + exposes functions to interact with the dump target
  */
 export class MongoDumpTarget {
-  public static async createAndInit(
-    mongoDescriptorArg: plugins.tsclass.database.IMongoDescriptor
-  ) {
+  public static async createAndInit(mongoDescriptorArg: plugins.tsclass.database.IMongoDescriptor) {
     const mongoDumpTarget = new MongoDumpTarget(mongoDescriptorArg);
     await mongoDumpTarget.init();
     return mongoDumpTarget;
@@ -61,19 +59,48 @@ export class MongoDumpTarget {
   /**
    * dumps a collection to a directory
    */
-  public async dumpCollectionToDir(collectionArg: plugins.mongodb.Collection, dirArg: string, nameTransformFunction = (doc: any) => doc._id) {
+  public async dumpCollectionToDir(
+    collectionArg: plugins.mongodb.Collection,
+    dirArg: string,
+    nameTransformFunction = (doc: any) => doc._id
+  ) {
     const dirPath = plugins.smartpath.transform.makeAbsolute(dirArg);
     const collectionDir = plugins.path.join(dirPath, collectionArg.collectionName);
     await plugins.smartfile.fs.ensureDir(collectionDir);
     const cursor = collectionArg.find();
     let value = await cursor.next();
-    while(value) {
-      await plugins.smartfile.memory.toFs(JSON.stringify(value, null, 2), plugins.path.join(collectionDir, `${nameTransformFunction(value)}.json`));
+    while (value) {
+      await plugins.smartfile.memory.toFs(
+        JSON.stringify(value, null, 2),
+        plugins.path.join(collectionDir, `${nameTransformFunction(value)}.json`)
+      );
       value = await cursor.next();
     }
   }
 
-  public async dumpCollectionToTarArchive(collectionArg: plugins.mongodb.Collection) {}
+  public async dumpCollectionToTarArchiveStream(collectionArg: plugins.mongodb.Collection) {}
 
-  public async dumpAllCollectionsToDir() {}
+  public async dumpCollectionToTarArchiveFile(
+    collectionArg: plugins.mongodb.Collection,
+    filePathArg: string
+  ) {}
+
+  public async dumpAllCollectionsToDir(
+    dirArg: string,
+    nameFunctionArg?: (docArg: any) => string,
+    cleanDirArg = false
+  ) {
+    if (cleanDirArg) {
+      await plugins.smartfile.fs.ensureEmptyDir(dirArg);
+    }
+    const collections = await this.getCollections();
+    for (const collection of collections) {
+      await this.dumpCollectionToDir(collection, dirArg, nameFunctionArg);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public async dumpAllCollectionsToTarArchiveStream(
+    collectionArg: plugins.mongodb.Collection,
+    filePathArg: string
+  ) {}
 }