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@@ -2,6 +2,36 @@ The GeneNetwork database is being migrated from a relational database to a plain text and RDF database. This repository contains code to dump the relational database to plain text. +* Using + +Drop into a development environment with + +#+BEGIN_SRC shell + $ guix shell -m guix.scm +#+END_SRC + +Describe the database connection parameters in a file /conn.scm/ file +as shown below. Take care to replace the placeholders within angle +brackets with the appropriate values. + +#+BEGIN_SRC scheme + ((username . "<username-here>") + (password . "<password-here>") + (database . "<database-name-here>") + (host . "<hostname-here>") + (port . <port-here>)) +#+END_SRC + +Then, to dump the database, run + +#+BEGIN_SRC shell + $ ./pre-inst-env guile dump.scm +#+END_SRC + +The database will be dumped to ~/data/dump/. Make sure there is enough +free space! It's best to dump the database on penguin2 where disk +space and bandwidth are not significant constraints. + * Contributing See bugs and tasks in BUGS.org. |