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--- faq:backup [2011-05-27 00:10] – [How to backup DokuWiki?] 189.204.6.250
+++ faq:backup [2023-12-31 16:30] (current) – cache, index, locks and tmp are inside of "data" but the info incorrectly missed that point, fixed now (I foujd this since I was making a backup script that excluded these recommended dirs btu the script failed to find them, and I checked and indeed they 2601:248:c500:67b0:3cd2:7a61:14f0:aa78
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 If you want to save some space you should at least backup the following directories:
-  * data/pages
+  * ''data/pages'' - contains your current pages
-  * data/meta
+  * ''data/attic'' - all the old versions of your pages
-  * data/media
+  * ''data/meta'' - contains meta information about your pages (like who created it originally, who subscribed to it, ...)
-  * data/attic
+  * ''data/media'' - contains your current media (images, PDFs, ...)
-  * conf
+  * ''data/media_attic'' - all the old versions of your media
+  * ''data/media_meta'' - meta data for the media
+  * ''conf'' - the configuration settings
+  * ''lib'' - will backup the installed plugins and templates (many optional, otherwise they will need to be manually downloaded again in a possibly broken interface) However, take care not to overwrite the default included core plugins.
+You can exclude the ''data/cache'', ''data/index'', ''data/locks'', and ''data/tmp'' directories.
+''lib'' folder contains also core files, which should not be replaced, probably only plugins and tpl folders are useful.
+Note: if you installed DokuWiki through a 3rd party package like [[install:Debian]] the directory layout may differ.
 ===== See also =====
+  * [[faq:servermove|FAQ Server Move]]
   * [[plugin:backup|Backup Plugin]]
   * [[tips:backup_script|Backup Scripts]]
   * [[tips:backuptos3|Backup to S3]]
-  * [[http://www.ngcoders.com/php/php-automatic-file-and-database-backup-script|Automatic backup script with sending Emails]]