Plamen Gradinarov wrote:
Hi, Morten!
You'll need Shell access to run the command from the console
# cd /home/youraccount/www/wiki/maintenance
# php rebuildMessages.php
Morten Blaabjerg wrote:
> What is a "console"? - is it possible to
run this script, when I run
> my site on an external server?
Probably just a misunderstanding, but anyway:
"console" in this context simply refers to your command prompt, also
known as "CLI" (=command line interface), aka "shell", aka
"terminal".
In Windows, your console can be found by clicking Start - Run and
typing either "cmd" or "command".
In Mac OS X, your console can be found by going to Applications -
Utilities - Terminal.
With BSD/UNIX/Linux OSes the location of your console in your GUI
depends on your window server and distribution, though if absolutely
stuck you should always be able to reach the shell be quitting
XWindows.
What seems to be required in your case is to type something at your web
server's console.
Web servers (ie. the respective computers) also have a console (ie. the
console of their respective OS) and unless you're one of those poor
sods whose hosting server is Windows based, your web server should have
a UNIX-ish console. Accessing that can however be a challenge if you
don't run your own server (ie. if you're renting shared server space
from somebody else). In theory it should be easy: you need an SSH
program and remotely access the server's console with that. However, if
you're just starting out with MediaWiki, then maybe you're still with a
host who doesn't allow you SSH access. Many, many paranoid and/or less
confident/knowledgeable hosts don't allow SSH access. In that case you
can either tell the host's support staff to please type in the
respective commands or find a host that does allow SSH access.
'Hope this helps.
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