Creating backups manually

I'm interested in creating backups manually so I can use a different > compression algorithm. Based on the source code[1], it looks like backups > are just created by adding each file (excluding upd.basex) in the > database directory to a .zip file, so I could do the same using tar and > my compression algorithm of choice. Is my understanding correct or am I > missing some other logic? > > Thanks, > Matt > > [1] > https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/main/basex-core/src/main/java/org/basex/core/cmd/CreateBackup.java#L90-L119 >

On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 11:25 AM Christian Grün <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Matt, > > Your assumption is correct: Database backups are nothing else than zipped > archives of the corresponding database subdirectory located in the 'data' > directory. > > If you create backups on your own, you should ensure that no updates are > currently running during your update operation. If you use CREATE BACKUP or > db:create-backup, BaseX will take care of that. > > Hope this helps, > Christian > > > > I'm interested in creating backups manually so I can use a different >> compression algorithm. Based on the source code[1], it looks like backups >> are just created by adding each file (excluding upd.basex) in the >> database directory to a .zip file, so I could do the same using tar and >> my compression algorithm of choice. Is my understanding correct or am I >> missing some other logic? >> >> Thanks, >> Matt >> >> [1] >> https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/main/basex-core/src/main/java/org/basex/core/cmd/CreateBackup.java#L90-L119 >> >