On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Steve VanSlycks.vanslyck@spamcop.net 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