scripts [was: copying wordlists]

[David Relson]

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 06:02:09 -0500
Tom Allison wrote:

> David Relson wrote:
> 
> >>But the bogoutil dump/load isn't all that's needed to compact the 
> >>database... ?
> > 
> > 
> > As stated above, bf_compact is available on sourceforge.  0.93.1 was
> > released with lots of documentation, but not the bf_copy and
> > bf_compact scripts.  People having trouble with copying and
> > compacting wordlists because they hadn't read the documentation
> > prompted writing the scripts.
> >  The next release will include the scripts.  However it'll be a
> >  little
> > while before the release because Matthias is working on some thorny
> > issues with respect to environments and using multiple wordlists.
> > 
> 
> I was using bogoutil -d as a daily database backup.
> But it seems that I've lost this capability with the new transactional
> system.  With DB_CONFIG settins up to 65536 I still cannot dump the 
> wordlist.  I have 112976 tokens.  Considering the errors, would it
> make sense to remove the -d option?
> 
> So the only tools for maintenance are these bf_* utilities?

Hi Tom,

No.  bogoutil can be used, but there are several caveats, because of the
need of maintaining the integrity of the database environment.

1 - When using dump/load, the new wordlist needs to have a new
database environment, i.e. a new directory

2 - When swapping environments, rename the directories.

3 - If you _must_ copy an environment, use the bf_copy script.

4 - When copying an environment, you may want to use the "-c" (compact)
option to delete log files that are no longer needed.

Using bogoutil -d to save your wordlist is fine.  However building a
new wordlist is different.

I've attached copies of the scripts to ensure you have the latest and
greatest.

HTH,

David