On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Steve VanSlyck<[email protected]> wrote:
> What is a good way to confirm that my backup backed up the entire site?
>
> Apart from the site, I also need the images directory, the extensions
> directory, and the php configuration file (I forget the name).
> Anything else?
>

You should make do a database dump, an xml dump, backup the software
and extensions, and backup the images. You can do an xml dump using
the dumpBackup.php script in the maintenance directory. See:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki

I recommend scripting it, and putting into a cron.

V/r,

Ryan Lane

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