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By webdrips on
Hi all.
I have been creating a site off line on a local computer.
I have been backing up the database every night (thank god), but now the laptop that I was developing on burnt out.
At one point I backed up all the drupal files, but I can not be sure if I had the latest modules.
What do I need to do to continue developing my site on another computer?
If it matters, I am using the latest Drupal (6.1), MySQL 5, PHP 5, and Apache 2.2. I don't have any dB admin software and did the dB dumps using
mysqldump --add-drop-table -p DATABASENAME --user=DATABASEUSER --password=DATABASEPASSWORD > /FULL/PATH/TO/ROOT/MYBACKUP.SQL
What are the steps I need to take to get my site back up?
Thanks in advanced,
D
Comments
Never mind...I was able to recover
I basically simply re-created the dB using the Drupal install instructions (for a new dB), then restored the dB information, then I copied the Drupal files over (forgetting .htaccess at first since it was hidden) and everything worked "like magic".
Note if you run into the situation where you had a site using clean URLs, don't forget to copy the normally hidden file .htaccess.
Dan
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