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Jan 16, 2001, 6:54 AM
mdj1
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Miving site from 1 server to next
Hi all,

Whats the best way to move my entire site from 1 server to another, I know I can tar and zip it up on the server then download the compressed files.

Whats the correct command line for this from the unix prompt?

Thanks in Advance.


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MDJ1
http://www.isee-multimedia.co.uk
Jan 16, 2001, 9:15 AM
Alex
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Jan 16, 2001, 9:15 AM
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Hi,

You should cd to the directory links is in and:

tar czvpf backup.tar.gz links

Then, dump your data with:

mysqldump -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD --add-drop-table DATABASE > data.txt

and with those two files you can move your site easily.

Cheers,

Alex

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Jan 16, 2001, 11:02 AM
mdj1
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Jan 16, 2001, 11:02 AM
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Thanks Alex,

PS you know i was having problems with the categories, you asked me to send you a backup. What do you want sent?


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MDJ1
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Jan 17, 2001, 6:17 AM
Chef
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Jan 17, 2001, 6:17 AM
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Just for a dumb like me: could anyone give me a shorthand of instructions for tar to unpack the created archives?

Thanks!


Jan 17, 2001, 8:53 AM
Alex
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Hi,

To extract the tar file:

tar xzvpf backup.tar.gz

and to restore the mysql data

mysql -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD DATABASE < data.txt

Cheers,

Alex

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May 28, 2001, 5:50 PM
SuperSearch
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May 28, 2001, 5:50 PM
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Alex,

But if we are moving to another server that it have links 1 to links 2 what we have to do, we have try all on this post, but when we try to use the database it don't work.

Thanks

Jun 7, 2001, 8:11 AM
Dan Kaplan
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Jun 7, 2001, 8:11 AM
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If I'm not mistaken, don't you also need to update the def files for the new server's database info? Or is there an automated way of getting the script to update those files?

Dan