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OK, I must have finally hit the right search string on Google. I
found a page that offers a command for copying the site's files from
one directory to another while retaining permissions:<br>
<code><br>
cp -rp drupal_source drupal_destinatio</code>n<br>
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But then the instructions continue with the sort of stuff that
scares me to try because I don't know what most of this stuff
means:<br>
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<li>Update references to Drupal url, path, and database
details (name, user, pass, and host). Sample commands below
using grep:<br>
<code>find /path/to/drupal -type f -exec perl -pi -e
"s/example.com/example2.com/g" {} \;<br>
find /path/to/drupal -type f -exec perl -pi -e
"s/public_html\/example/public_html\/example2/g" {} \;<br>
find /path/to/drupal -type f -exec perl -pi -e
"s/db_name/db_name2/g" {} \;<br>
find /path/to/drupal -type f -exec perl -pi -e
"s/db_user/db_user2/g" {} \;<br>
find /path/to/drupal -type f -exec perl -pi -e
"s/db_pass/db_pass2/g" {} \;</code></li>
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</li>
</ul>
I know enough to understand that this is some sort of
grepping/perl script (pardon me if my vocabulary here is
laughable) to fix any absolute path references.<br>
<br>
BUT ... I don't understand why there would be any. When I link
from one page to another on my site I only use the relative
path. I would hope that images inserted into node content would
also have internal references in the database.<br>
<br>
Am I wrong? Is it really necessary to do anything other than to
keep the settings.php files distinct for the public domain and
the protected subdomain that serves as my sandbox?<br>
<br>
btw, i also use two separate databases. So I do understand that
both the baseURL and databasename in settings.php will be
different for production vs. sandbox<br>
<br>
I have noticed that everyone out on the World Wide Web seems to
have a different "truth" when it comes to how best to move a
Drupal site<br>
<br>
Yet I appreciate any input from this list!!<br>
<br>
kazar<br>
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