* Ingo Preuss ingo.preuss@gmail.com [131206 07:11]:
Try the backup and migrate module.
Hth
Thanks for the tip. Backup and migrate on its own just backs up the database, but it has a plugin https://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate_files to back up files. I will report back. :) It isn't drush but I hope it will work in a pinch. thanks again
Am 06.12.2013 03:05 schrieb "Tim Johnson" tim@akwebsoft.com:
- Tim Johnson tim@akwebsoft.com [131205 16:08]:
FYI: I am new to drupal, drush and PHP but am an experienced programmer in other areas. Am familiar and comfortable with the command line.
I use drush on both Linux and Mac.
I have a drupal site to archive, but there are many directories under the filesystem root which are not part of the site.
NOTE: This has happened because I use Hostmonster and add-on domains are "added on" under the site root.
I know that archive-dump has an exclude option and I could chain a couple of dozen 'excludes' but that's not nearly as 'elegant' as chaining seven 'includes' - which would be
includes, misc, modules, profiles, scripts, sites, themes
Forgot to say : I have used rsync and sql-sync to do something similar, it does (I think) take only the site directories, but the downside is that one would have to have a local site built already to 'syn' to ..... -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
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