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Kim Haase commented on DERBY-6355:
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Good suggestion, Dag, thanks. I should probably also say "Do not touch files or
directories ..."
I'll file a revised patch.
> Data Integrity guidelines should include not deleting or otherwise tampering
> with files under the database directory
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Key: DERBY-6355
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6355
> Project: Derby
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Documentation
> Affects Versions: 10.10.1.1
> Reporter: Kathey Marsden
> Assignee: Kim Haase
> Attachments: cadmindbintegrity.html, DERBY-6355.diff
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> The page for maintaining data integrity:
> https://builds.apache.org/job/Derby-docs/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/trunk/out/adminguide/cadmindbintegrity.html
> should also warn against touching any files under the database directory.
> Maybe we could paraphrase from the README. file:
> # *************************************************************************
> # *** DO NOT TOUCH FILES IN THIS DIRECTORY! ***
> # *** FILES IN THIS DIRECTORY AND SUBDIRECTORIES CONSTITUTE A DERBY ***
> # *** DATABASE, WHICH INCLUDES THE DATA (USER AND SYSTEM) AND THE ***
> # *** FILES NECESSARY FOR DATABASE RECOVERY. ***
> # *** EDITING, ADDING, OR DELETING ANY OF THESE FILES MAY CAUSE DATA ***
> # *** CORRUPTION AND LEAVE THE DATABASE IN A NON-RECOVERABLE STATE. ***
> # *************************************************************************/
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