[xwiki-dev] How to backup standalone instalation

[Alain M.]

Thanks for the answer :) now I understand *and* I am sure that this is it.

May I suggest that this information be included somewhere in the 
documentation...

> Sorry if Vincent was a little harsh on you, I'm sure he didn't mean it.

Ok, the important thing is that we can work toghether.

BTW, I am the same Alain M. in both lists. I just did't want to bother 
the devel list, so I asked first on the users list.

Thansk,
Alain

> 
> The database IS the dump you found in /db/ (all 3 files), there are no
> other files involved. This is the way hsldb works, it keeps the
> database in memory and dumps it to the file every 20 seconds (default
> value). See http://hsqldb.org/doc/guide/ch01.html#N10248 for more
> details. Of course, this only works for small wikis, but this is what
> the standalone package is for, trying xwiki. If you want to use it in
> a large environment, then you should setup a tomcat container and a
> serious database.