[ale] backup your rpm db

[James P. Kinney III]

There are several rpm databases that are used. They are kept in
/var/lib/rpm.

The package db3-utils provides database tools for things like dump and
restore. There are html pages in
/usr/share/doc/db3-utils-<version>/utility that mostly make up for the
lack on man pages.

Most of the time, just simply copying the entire directory to a tape, or
zip, will suffice. The db-utils give tools that are for more
sophisticated stuff.

On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 23:53, miguel wrote:
> how do you backup your rpm db just in case I screw things up...?
> 
> thanks ale!
> 
> -Mig
> 
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