The "What Are You Working On?" Thread - Month Ending May 2016

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by Pagan

Pssst... always always always... back up your data and store it safely before making any changes.

Yeah, but how? This is a database, not a HTML page. I cannot just FTP a copy to my home computer. It is not possible to simply copy the database (if anyone knows different please post here or PM me). I am either going to have to go into the guts of the server (using shell) or write a Perl program that dives into those guts. And there are infinite ways I can bugger that up, particularly as I don't know Apache shell and will be learning as I go along. It is quite possible for me to learn the command to delete a database by accidentally typing it, thinking it does something else!

And Apache shell does not just control the database, but the whole server. I could accidental delete an entire domain, or all my domains (e.g. whatever the Apache shell equivalent of: >reformat:c/).

Have not even started yet, and I am already shitting myself!