rt-dump-metadata(8)

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version 5.0.10 · 7 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, rt-dump-metadata — it dumps configuration metadata out of an RT database. that's the whole vibe. 💖

this is the rt-dump-metadata(8) page from the Request Tracker Reference, and yes i'm gonna walk you through every single bit of it, no skips, no shortcuts, because you deserve the full picture 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

rt-dump-metadata [--all]

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. ✨

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so rt-dump-metadata is a tool that dumps configuration metadata from the Request Tracker database, and it spits it out in XML format — which is specifically the format that plays nice when you feed it into rt-setup-database. like, that's its whole purpose, it's literally giving "i was made for this" energy 🎀

BUT — and listen closely, this matters — if your goal is to dump and load a full RT database, you should generally be using the native database tools instead. not this. on top of that, you'll want to do whatever necessary steps are laid out in UPGRADING. so like, read your docs first, bestie, don't just vibe your way through a full database migration 😭

MAJOR PSA: this is NOT a tool for backing up an RT database. say it with me. NOT. a. backup. tool. do not treat it like one, do not let it be the main character of your disaster recovery plan 💀

also, see also initialdata — if you want a more straightforward means of importing data, that's the one. it's giving "the simpler, chiller option" 🌈

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --all, -a — when you run it with --all, the dump includes all configuration metadata. without it, the metadata dump only includes 'local' configuration changes — meaning the ones you (or somebody) did manually in the web interface. so --all is the "give me everything, i want the whole lore" flag 👑
  • --limit-to-privileged, -l — this makes the dumper only dump privileged users. that's it, that's the whole thing, it just narrows the user set to the privileged ones 🔥
  • --skip-disabled, -s — this one makes it ignore disabled rows in the database. disabled? not invited. blocked. bye 🙈

🧚 a lil sign-off 🧚

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-06-21, and you absolutely ate reading all of it 💜✨ go forth and dump that metadata responsibly — and remember, NOT a backup tool 💖

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