GetAWebAddOn

Introduction

Sometime it is useful to make a copy of a TWiki web from remote for backup or for offline reading. This add-on archives a whole TWiki web.

Supported File Formats

The script produces files in the .tar format.

Usage

Security

• All the twiki/data, twiki/pub and twiki/template files of the chosen web are archived, except for the .htaccess and .htpasswd and the *.lock files.
• User authentication can be handled with apache <Location> directive.
• Any user that can access this script is able to get a full copy of the entire web - TWiki security is NOT respected. Use with caution.

Demo

• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/Blog/TWiki-Blog.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/Codev/TWiki-Codev.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/Main/TWiki-Main.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/Plugins/TWiki-Plugins.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/Sandbox/TWiki-Sandbox.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/Support/TWiki-Support.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/TWiki/TWiki-TWiki.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/TWiki01/TWiki-TWiki01.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/TWiki02/TWiki-TWiki02.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/TWiki03/TWiki-TWiki03.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/TWiki04/TWiki-TWiki04.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/TWiki04x01/TWiki-TWiki04x01.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/TWiki04x02/TWiki-TWiki04x02.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/TWiki04x03/TWiki-TWiki04x03.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/TWiki05x00/TWiki-TWiki05x00.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/TWiki05x01/TWiki-TWiki05x01.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/TWiki06x00/TWiki-TWiki06x00.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/TWiki06x01/TWiki-TWiki06x01.tar
• https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/get-a-web/WikiWed/TWiki-WikiWed.tar

Installation

• Unzip in twiki root directory

Add-On Info

• Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Make a copy of a whole TWiki web for backup or for offline reading

Add-on Author:	TWiki:Main.AndreaSterbini, TWiki:Main.WillNorris, TWiki:Main.SvenDowideit
Copyright:	© 2004-2005 TWiki:Main.WillNorris, © 2004-2011 TWiki:TWiki.TWikiContributor
License:	GPL (GNU General Public License)
Add-on Version:	2011-02-23
Change History:
2011-02-23:	TWikibug:Item6638: Fix for TWiki-5.0; doc improvements; changing TWIKIWEB to SYSTEMWEB -- PeterThoeny
25 June 2008:	0.98 fixed problem running on TWiki 4.2 - TWiki:Main.SvenDowideit
7 Feb 2005:	0.97 made compatable with Cairo or DEVELOP
8 Dec 2004:	0.96 added more error checking, redirects errors to browser for easier debugging
2 Dec 2004:	0.95 updated to use Archive::Tar instead of system calls (only tar is available atm); also now works correctly and automatically regardless of whether your pub, templates, and data directories all share the same parent directory, or are spread out
12 Oct 2004:	0.9 for TWiki:Codev/TWikiRelease01Sep2004
17 Sep 2000:	Initial version
CPAN Dependencies:	CPAN:Archive::Tar
Other Dependencies:	none
Perl Version:	5.005
Add-on Home:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/GetAWebAddOn
Feedback:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/GetAWebAddOnDev

Related Topic: TWikiAddOns