1. copy webroot from Live to Clone via a tarball & 2. copy/edit the databases

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ListAttBBC  |  v6.11  |  2026-09-10  |  Andrew.human & Claude.ai

#	File	Size	Downloads	Info	DL
00	mirror1.sh	284 B	0	ℹ️	⬇️
Attachment ID 6313 Filename (display) mirror1.sh File extension sh MIME type Size 284 B (284 bytes) Downloads 0 Dimensions n/a Uploaded by Guest Message ID 49578 Attachment type Normal attachment (0) Storage folder ID 2 Thumbnail attach ID none File hash 69f4efb88bd2a501c27286a84c4d83ae14318705 Approved Yes Filename (on disk) not found on disk Storage directory unresolved File exists on disk? No
No recorded downloads yet.
01	db_links_convert_smf_all_v2.sh	1.7 KB	0	ℹ️	⬇️
Attachment ID 6314 Filename (display) db_links_convert_smf_all_v2.sh File extension sh MIME type Size 1.7 KB (1757 bytes) Downloads 0 Dimensions n/a Uploaded by Guest Message ID 49578 Attachment type Normal attachment (0) Storage folder ID 2 Thumbnail attach ID none File hash 6b08983d3efd3b1a470c0d63152450299f6b7525 Approved Yes Filename (on disk) not found on disk Storage directory unresolved File exists on disk? No
No recorded downloads yet.
02	dblivesmf-copies.sh	767 B	1	ℹ️	⬇️
Attachment ID 6315 Filename (display) dblivesmf-copies.sh File extension sh MIME type Size 767 B (767 bytes) Downloads 1 Dimensions n/a Uploaded by Guest Message ID 49578 Attachment type Normal attachment (0) Storage folder ID 2 Thumbnail attach ID none File hash 74a641057e0477248e2accc5ffa34270ecf5e246 Approved Yes Filename (on disk) not found on disk Storage directory unresolved File exists on disk? No
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03	unzip_tarball.sh	41 B	0	ℹ️	⬇️
Attachment ID 6317 Filename (display) unzip_tarball.sh File extension sh MIME type Size 41 B (41 bytes) Downloads 0 Dimensions n/a Uploaded by Guest Message ID 49578 Attachment type Normal attachment (0) Storage folder ID 2 Thumbnail attach ID none File hash 4a0813911e5be36f6907a8ac0d58ceb77971c598 Approved Yes Filename (on disk) not found on disk Storage directory unresolved File exists on disk? No
No recorded downloads yet.

Live:
1.
# make the tarball
tar -czvpf /webroot.tar.gz /var/www/html

#check the tarball
sha256sum /webroot.tar.gz   (---> should generate a chksum string)
zcat /webroot.tar.gz | tar -tvf - | wc -l   (---> should generate a large number (of files)

2. "dbbacksmf"


Clone:
1.
# pull it from Live
rsync -av --partial --progress --inplace root@128.199.200.202:/webroot.tar.gz /webroot.tar.gz

# check it
gzip -t /webroot.tar.gz; echo "gzip test exit: $?"   (---> prints nothing and exits 0 if the compressed stream is sound)

# unzip it with one of the following:

# option 1: cd first, then tar the current directory
cd /var/www/html && tar -xzvpf /webroot.tar.gz

# option 2: use tar's -C flag (avoids the cd, safer for scripting)
tar -xzvpf /webroot.tar.gz -C /var/www/html

2.

# copy the DBs
dblivesmf-copies.sh

# edit the DBs
db_links_convert_smf_all_v2.sh


# then the incremental file updates later
mirror1.sh