Translations:Manual:Backing up a wiki/58/en

To create an XML dump, use the command-line tool dumpBackup.php, located in the maintenance directory of your MediaWiki installation. Run the command as php dumpBackup.php without any arguments to display a brief description of the syntax. You need to specify whether you want a full dump of the complete history of every page, or just the current contents of each page. Prior to MediaWiki 1.16: If an attempt to use  fails with a message about insufficient  permissions, ensure that you have a properly configured   file. Instructions on creating the file are at Manual:AdminSettings.php.