---
name: "gm-upgrade_server"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnumed-server"
version: "22.31-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gm-upgrade_server"
---

# gm-upgrade\_server(8)

upgrade an existing SQL database for GNUmed to the next version

## NAME

**gm-upgrade\_server** - upgrade an existing SQL database for GNUmed to the next version

## SYNOPSIS

**gm-upgrade\_server** *VERSION* *VERSION+1* \[ *no-backup \| no-compression* \] \[ *quiet* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**gm-upgrade\_server** is a simple helper script which is provided by the Debian GNU/Linux distribution to simplify upgrading the GNUmed database from version *VERSION* to the next version *VERSION+1.*

## OPTIONS

- **no-backup**

  Do not create a database backup before upgrading (you got faith).

- **no-compression**

  Create a backup but do not compress it. Useful if you got plenty of disk but are low on cycles.

- **quiet**

  Display failures only, do not chatter about progress.

## WARNING

This script may result in **deletion of** existing GNUmed **databases** if so instructed.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Karsten Hilbert \<karsten.hilbert@gmx.net\>.