Would it work to integrate the backup with use of a compression tool
and a mail feature, so that (admin-scheduled) periodic backups could
automatically be zipped/tarred and emailed?<br>
<br>
(Not volunteering - just asking to get the idea out there, in case it hasn't already been considered - I can't do any of that.)<br>
<br>
Tegan<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/13/05, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:chr@home.se">chr@home.se</a></b> <<a href="mailto:chr@home.se">chr@home.se</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:<br><br>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 06:50:42PM +0100, <a href="mailto:chr@home.se">chr@home.se</a> wrote:<br>> > Please have a look:<br>> ><br>> > <a href="http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Backup">
http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Backup</a><br>> ><br>> > It's linked from both DocumentationIndex and Upgrades now.<br>> ><br>> > Backup is a rather important piece of functionality...<br>><br>
> ...as is restore. I think the Backup page might also need some notes<br>> about how to restore a site from the backup if/when the need arises.<br><br>Oh, I agree... just thought the backup procedure should stabilize some
<br>before I brought that up :-)<br><br>> The ability of the webserver account or PHP script to create the backup<br>> (and have a suitable place to store it) might be a significant barrier<br>> here. I guess we'd need to find a PHP library that can reliably create
<br>> zip files.<br><br>To be honest, I was mostly thinking of invoking 'tar czvf ...' or<br>something... But we shouldn't forget the work involved in getting the<br>backup archive away from the server either. If the server is toasted,
<br>there's no point in keeping the archive there. So an easy way to retrieve<br>the archiev would be nice. OTOH, all of this usually collides with not<br>wanting everybody to get hold of your backup....<br><br>/C<br><br>
--<br>Christian
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