[pmwiki-users] Backup

Daniel Scheibler daniel at scheiby.de
Fri Mar 2 10:04:49 CST 2007


Hello Allyen,

2007/3/1, Allyen E. Wilson <awilson at allyenwilson.com>:
> Thanks for the backup help. I love the email feature. I started
> implementing backup_pages.php yesterday and found a nice alternative
> version from Nico http://nicolas.raibaut.free.fr/wiki/Nico/
> BackupPmWiki. His version backs up more than the wiki.d directory and
> gives you a link to download the backup.

I should look at it ...

> I was trying to figure out a way to automate the process when you
> replied. My web host does NOT allow access via ssh so I think running
> a cronjob is not possible, right? I have never done cron so in over
> my head at the moment.

In the web free cron job server exists (like
http://www.selfphp.de/cronjobs/index.php#kostenlos ). There can you
daily surf to a special homepage (like
http://www.example.de/selfphp_cronjob_daily.php )

Greets,

Daniel

> Allyen
>
>
> On Mar 1, 2007, at 5:51 AM, Daniel Scheibler wrote:
>
> > Hello Francis,
> >
> > I have a cronjob (for a free web service see
> > http://www.selfphp.de/cronjobs/index.php#kostenlos ) which runs once a
> > day a script at my domain, which one different actions start (once a
> > month backup each pmwiki farm field, once a month backup databases,
> > start daily email reminder of my web calendar etc)
> >
> > Greets,
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> > 2007/3/1, Francis Casson <pmwiki at bleaksky.net>:
> >> This email extension is useful, but is there anyway to automate it so
> >> that it runs once a day or once a week?  This way a wiki could
> >> automatically backup itself at regular intervals without a user
> >> having
> >> to remember to do anything.  Set up a dedicated gmail account and sit
> >> back safe in the knowledge that your wiki is safely backing itself
> >> up!
> >>
> >> Or would automated backups be better done by some other sort of
> >> script?
> >>
> >> Francis
> >>
> >>
> >> On 01/03/07, Daniel Scheibler <scheibi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Hello Allyen,
> >>>
> >>> I use the BackupPages Cookbook described in
> >>> http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/BackupPages
> >>>
> >>> Although a extended this script myself (see attachment) to send the
> >>> backup files to a email address. In this way I had a copy at a
> >>> different server.
> >>>
> >>> Greets,
> >>>
> >>> Daniel Scheibler
> >>> --
> >>> Daniel Scheibler     ========:}
> >>> eMail: scheibi at gmail.com
> >>> WWW:   http://www.scheiby.de
> >>>
> >>> 2007/2/28, Allyen E. Wilson <awilson at allyenwilson.com>:
> >>>> I asked the group here a couple of days ago about backing up
> >>>> after I
> >>>> lost my wiki.d directory to a site attack. After learning my
> >>>> lesson I
> >>>> am working on figuring out backup strategies for my pmWiki site.
> >>>>
> >>>> How do I execute the "tar -zcvf  ~/wiki-backup-`date +%Y%m`.tar.gz
> >>>> wiki/" command on my web hosts servers? I am on a Mac and can do it
> >>>> on my local network using the terminal application, but am at a
> >>>> loss
> >>>> how to do it on the web host server. The host is a Mac OS X server
> >>>> running apache.
> >>>>
> >>>> Keep in mind I am a low tech wiki administrator so simple
> >>>> instructions are best.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for your continued excellent help!
> >>>>
> >>>> Allyen
> >>>
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