Manual:dumpUploads.php

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.8

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

Details

dumpUploads.php file is a maintenance script which dumps a list of files uploaded to a wiki. It can be used to create a backup of all uploaded files on the wiki.

Options/Arguments

Option	Description	Required?
--base	Set base relative path instead of wiki include root	Optional
--local	List all local files, used or not. No shared files included	Optional
--shared	Include images used from shared repository	Optional
--used	Skip local images that are not used	Optional

Usage

This generates list of uploaded files which can be fed to tar or similar. By default, outputs relative paths against the parent directory of $wgUploadDirectory .

php maintenance/run.php dumpUploads [ --base| --local| --shared| --used ]

In MediaWiki version 1.39.15 and earlier, you must invoke maintenance scripts using php maintenance/scriptName.php instead of php maintenance/run.php scriptName.

Generate a list of uploaded files:

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php dumpUploads

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Save all uploaded files to a tar file:

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php dumpUploads | tar cfT backup_files.tar -

Warning:

You should nearly never use xargs with tar -c. Doing so runs the risk that xargs will run a second time with the same initial arguments, creating an archive that contains only the last few files that were intended. In the strict POSIX world, there is no good solution to this -- use cpio instead. With GNU tar (ie, Linux, FreeBSD), either use the T argument as above, or the A argument with xargs.

Untaring or extracting to a directory:

Terminal

$ tar xzf backup_files.tar

This collection of files can then be imported into another wiki using the importImages.php maintenance script.

See also

• Manual:ImportImages.php - for importing images
• Manual:ImportDump.php - for importing pages
• Manual:DumpBackup.php - for exporting pages