---
name: "rt-dump-database-3.6"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "request-tracker3.6"
version: "3.6.7-5+lenny6"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rt-dump-database-3.6"
---

# rt-dump-database-3.6(8)

dump the Request Tracker database

## NAME

rt-dump-database - dump the Request Tracker database

## SYNOPSIS

**rt-dump-database** \[ 0 \]

## DESCRIPTION

**rt-dump-database** is a tool that dumps the Request Tracker database into XML format, suitable for feeding into **rt-setup-database**.

When run without arguments, the database dump will only include 'local' configuration changes, ie. those done manually in the web interface.

When run with the argument '0', the dump will include all configuration metadata.

## NOTE

This  manual  page  was  written for Debian GNU/Linux by Niko Tyni \<ntyni@iki.fi\>, since the original program does not have one.

## BUGS

The author of this manual page may well have misunderstood what 'local' configuration changes mean. Use the source, Luke.