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Vs_Greg · Oct 4, 2001, 4:41 AM

Hi!

tried searching but no luck.

i have a simple question .. well not for me :(
In admin screen when i try to create backup file of sql data, which file should i put in ... *.txt or *.sql or what ... and should it be URL or full path ...

tanx in advance
Gregor

Gregor

Eraser · Oct 4, 2001, 5:40 AM

The extension is a matter of choice, but most people will go for .sql

You will also need to type a relative path on your server for back-ups so if you have a directory on your server like /home/mysite/backups use this path: /home/mysite/backups/myfile.sql

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Vs_Greg · Oct 4, 2001, 5:54 AM

done .. thanx a lot

Gregor

BeaverheadRiver · Oct 4, 2001, 7:49 AM

Thanks,

I had been wondering about that also.

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Eraser · Oct 4, 2001, 8:46 AM

To further that, if you have several databases - forums, ads etc, then try this little PHP script that automatically logs into your server and gzips the database dumps.

http://www.vbulletin.com/...b4&threadid=4256

I use it to regularly back up 6 mySQL databases so I can confirm it works just great.

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Paul · Oct 4, 2001, 8:50 AM

Or you could use telnet or ssh :)

> gzip -c dump.sql

Eraser · Oct 4, 2001, 8:54 AM

Oops, - Read my above post as a shell script not a PHP script.

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