[rt-users] What is sbin/rt-dump-database actually for?

[Kevin Falcone]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:59:48AM -0400, Jeff Blaine wrote:
> Seems to dump XML out of some stuff, but not ticket
> data, etc.
> 
> I don't want to make assumptions about it, and it's
> not documented anywhere I can find (including in
> the source for it).
> 
> What is this for?  It would appear its scope is not
> really defined by the script name.

It was intended to create initialdata files from an RT install.  It
has a ton of bugs and limitations and isn't recommended unless you
know what you're doing.

It is *not* a backup tool for your RT install

-kevin
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