From 7fdc41cf2b98f5ee5349edbd32c0b24c4efe82f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rock Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 08:20:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify `document_exporter` includes settings It wasn't clear to me when reading the docs that the `document_exporter` isn't just for documents but also for the database's contents, making a database dump and restore redundant and unnecessary. --- docs/administration.md | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/administration.md b/docs/administration.md index 7be462068..5b5ca2ff6 100644 --- a/docs/administration.md +++ b/docs/administration.md @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Before making backups, make sure that paperless is not running. Options available to any installation of paperless: - Use the [document exporter](#exporter). The document exporter exports all your documents, - thumbnails and metadata to a specific folder. You may import your - documents into a fresh instance of paperless again or store your + thumbnails, metadata, and database contents to a specific folder. You may import your + documents and settings into a fresh instance of paperless again or store your documents in another DMS with this export. - The document exporter is also able to update an already existing export. Therefore, incremental backups with `rsync` are entirely @@ -239,8 +239,9 @@ with the argument `--help`. ### Document exporter {#exporter} -The document exporter exports all your data from paperless into a folder -for backup or migration to another DMS. +The document exporter exports all your data (including your settings +and database contents) from paperless into a folder for backup or +migration to another DMS. If you use the document exporter within a cronjob to backup your data you might use the `-T` flag behind exec to suppress "The input device