Question

Hello, I have a twiki installed on one machine, its version is Version: 02 Sep 2004 $Rev: 1742. And I have another twiki installed on a different machine, Its version is Tue, 04 Jul 2006 build 10807, Plugin API version 1.1 (The latest)4.0.4. I would like to port the data from the first (older) twiki to the second (newer) twiki, I do not mind losing the data I have now on the second twiki. What is the right way for porting the data? Thank You, Micky

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-- MeirHazon - 07 Sep 2006

Answer

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Simply copy all the webs you need to the new TWiki installation, except for the TWiki documentation (TWiki web). To copy a web, copy the data/Webname and pub/Webname to the new TWiki, fix the file permissions, and remove the RCS lock (see TWiki04.TWikiUpgradeGuide for details)

Also, check the _default web in the new TWiki, and copy relevant system topics from it to the webs copied over from the older TWiki installation.

-- PeterThoeny - 08 Sep 2006

Hello Peter, Thank You for your help, All I can see under data is: debug.txt log200509.txt log200512.txt log200603.txt log200606.txt log200609.txt Sandbox warning.txt _default log200601.txt log200604.txt Main Trash mime.types TWiki

and under pub: favicon.ico icn Main Sandbox Trash TWiki wikiHome.gif

What should I copy?

Thanks gain, Micky

-- MeirHazon - 10 Sep 2006

Forget about debug.txt, warning.txt, mime.types. If you want to preserve the TWiki access logs, copy the log*txt files.

You can copy any web (or part of web) you want over to the new installation, such as Main web, Sandbox web and your own webs. Do not copy the TWiki web.

-- PeterThoeny - 11 Sep 2006

TWiki has now an easy point & click solution to upgrade TWiki with the help of the BackupRestorePlugin.

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-09-06