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| author | Keith Bostic <keith@wiredtiger.com> | 2014-08-26 13:09:07 -0400 |
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| committer | Keith Bostic <keith@wiredtiger.com> | 2014-08-26 13:09:53 -0400 |
| commit | dc7e04b8e479ee56a32771c21aec02c6d96c890d (patch) | |
| tree | 4bbc540d69ff1559fb5122595cc00bf6653e27a4 /src/docs/command-line.dox | |
| parent | 9d60621152d9ffd5b9ad06e8977f4b8db491d1f5 (diff) | |
| download | mongo-dc7e04b8e479ee56a32771c21aec02c6d96c890d.tar.gz | |
WiredTiger only has one kind of backup, quit calling it "hot backup".
Document how incremental backup works.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/docs/command-line.dox b/src/docs/command-line.dox index 0ed2a7e31ea..ee51cc21c2a 100644 --- a/src/docs/command-line.dox +++ b/src/docs/command-line.dox @@ -28,13 +28,12 @@ The \c wt tool supports several commands. <hr> @section util_backup wt backup -Perform a hot backup of a database or set of data sources. +Perform a backup of a database or set of data sources. -The \c backup command performs a hot backup of the database, copying the +The \c backup command performs a backup of the database, copying the database files to a \c specified directory, which can be subsequently -opened as a WiredTiger database. See @ref hot_backup for more -information, and @ref file_permissions for specifics on the copied file -permissions. +opened as a WiredTiger database. See @ref backup for more information, +and @ref file_permissions for specifics on the copied file permissions. @subsection util_backup_synopsis Synopsis <code>wt [-Vv] [-C config] [-h directory] backup [-t uri] directory</code> @@ -43,9 +42,9 @@ permissions. The following are command-specific options for the \c backup command: @par <code>-t uri</code> -By default, the \c backup command does a hot backup of the entire -database; the \c -t option changes the \c backup command to do a hot -backup of only the named data sources. +By default, the \c backup command does a backup of the entire database; +the \c -t option changes the \c backup command to do a backup of only +the named data sources. <hr> @section util_compact wt compact |