GM-BACKUP_DATA(8)

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💾 GM-BACKUP_DATA(8) — the System Manager's Manual page, but make it make sense

okay bestie, so this is gm-backup_data, section 8 of the System Manager's Manual, and before we do literally anything else we gotta talk about the elephant in the room.

⚠️ NOTE

This one is deprecated, like fully. It's been deprecated in favour of gm-backup(8). So like... go read that one instead, bestie, I'm not even kidding. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

gm-backup_data — backup of GNUmed data. That's it, that's the whole job. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gm-backup_data

no flags, no args, no drama. she just goes. 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea ☕ — the gm-backup_data script creates a backup of the data in a GNUmed database. that's her whole thing, that's her main character moment.

and now the important part, don't skip this: she includes neither roles nor the schema. nope, not them. not her business. 🙈

what that backup can do is restore the data into a preexisting, empty database. so like, the database has to already be there, already be empty, and then you pour the data in. it's giving "bring your own container" fr fr. 🍓

and listen — if you really know what you're doing and you want to care for database schema and roles yourself, this script might suffice to backup the raw data. might! suffice! raw data only! iykyk. 😭

but ngl, the recommendation is crystal clear: use gm-backup instead. periodt. 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • gm-backup(8) — the one you should actually be using, bestie
  • /etc/gnumed/gnumed-backup.conf

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

this manual page was written by Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). iconic behaviour, we love to see it. 🌈

and that's a wrap, gorgeous 💜 — this page comes from the GNUmed server data backup era, dated 2009 January 8th. vintage! a classic! slay in a retro way. ⭐

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