Manual:convertLinks.php

MediaWiki file: convertLinks.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.44.2 • 1.43.5 • 1.39.15
Classes:	ConvertLinks

Details

convertLinks.php file is a maintenance script to convert the link table from the old links schema (string->ID) to the new schema (ID->ID). It is relevant during the migration from MediaWiki 1.4 or older to MediaWiki 1.5 or newer. The wiki should be put into read-only mode while this script executes.

Usage

Option/Parameter	Description
--logperformance	Log performance to perfLogFilename. Defaults to false.
--perfLogFilename	Filename where performance is logged if --logperformance was set (defaults to 'convLinksPerf.txt').
--keep-links-table	Don't overwrite the old links table with the new one, leave the new table at links_temp.
--nokeys	Don't create keys, and so allow duplicates in the new links table. This gives a huge speed improvement for very large links tables which are MyISAM.