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h1. SQLite

h2. Backup DB

While SQLite-DB consists of just one file, you shouldn't just copy the file. It might be corrupted by doing so.

If you want to copy the DB-file you might want to (taken from http://stuvel.eu/blog/55/safely-copy-a-sqlite-database)

<pre><code class="bash">

shell$ sqlite3 some.db

sqlite> begin immediate;

<press CTRL+Z>

shell$ cp some.db some.db.backup

shell$ exit

sqlite> rollback;

</code></pre>

the other way may be dumping the DB. This is easily done by

<pre><code class="bash">

sqlite3 sample.db .dump > sample.bak

</code></pre>

based on the rsnapshot-backup-script for postgresql following script might be invoked by rsnapshot

<pre>

##############################################################################

# backup_sqlite.sh

#

# by Jeremias Keihsler <j@keihsler.com>

# http://www.keihsler.com/

#

# based on the backup_pgsql.sh script

# by Nathan Rosenquist <nathan@rsnapshot.org>

# 

# This is a simple shell script to backup a SQLite database with rsnapshot.

#

# The assumption is that this will be invoked from rsnapshot and also that it

# will run unattended.

#

# This script simply needs to dump a file into the current working directory.

# rsnapshot handles everything else.

##############################################################################

umask 0077

# backup the database

/usr/bin/sqlite3 /var/www/html/owncloud/data/owncloud.db .dump > owncloud_dumpall.sql

# make the backup readable only by root

/bin/chmod 600 owncloud_dumpall.sql

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