diff doc/admin_guide.txt @ 7333:b92ecb730510

Document how save-config replaces and backs up config.ini.
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
date Sun, 14 May 2023 00:48:14 -0400
parents 09af33304790
children a83c932a00dc
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--- a/doc/admin_guide.txt	Sun May 14 00:39:28 2023 -0400
+++ b/doc/admin_guide.txt	Sun May 14 00:48:14 2023 -0400
@@ -224,12 +224,17 @@
   Make sure the name part doesn't include any url-unsafe characters like
   spaces. Stick to alphanumeric characters and you'll be ok.
 
-To generate a config.ini in the current directory (note it will
-overwrite an existing file) from the roundup-server command line use::
+To generate a config.ini in the current directory from the
+roundup-server command line use::
 
  roundup_server -p 8017  -u roundup --save-config  demo=/trackers/demo \
     sysadmin=/trackers/sysadmin
 
+Note it will save the old file to config.bak and create a new
+config.ini. The file is recreated from scratch ignoring the contents
+of the current config.ini. So you may need to merge the backup and
+config files.
+
 Configuring Compression
 =======================
 

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