[ZODB-Dev] Data.fs without content but 1.8GB diskspace

[Harald Koschinski]

Shane Hathaway wrote:

> Harald Koschinski wrote:
>
>> Shane Hathaway wrote:
>>
>>> If you export the contents of the 1.8 GB database to a file using 
>>> the ZMI, does it generate a 1.8 GB file?  Try it.
>>
>>
>> How can I try this - there is nearly nothing in the root - just some 
>> dtml-scripts and products.
>> As far as I know is there no way to export the whole content in one 
>> step - or is there a way to do this?
>> That's one reason why we have the whole content in one folder called 
>> "content" - and this folder is dropped.
>
>
> There is a way.  From /manage_main, do not select any item, then click 
> the import/export button.  Do not enter any ID in the form.  Export to 
> the filesystem.  (It's a bad UI, but it works.)

yes - there are possebilities to optimize the UI ;-)   
is the a way to import this export ?

The ".zexp" is really small - just 21MB

so what can I do?

Thanks for your help

Harald

>
> Unfortunately, even this doesn't export the *entire* database, since 
> there may be objects other than the Zope application at the database 
> root.  However, I know of no product that stores things outside the 
> Zope application, so you probably don't need to worry about this.
>
> One more thing: when you pack, do you pack to 0 days?  You probably 
> should.
>
> Shane
>


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