Backing Up the Database
Linux
Open a Linux terminal and enter the following commands.
Obtain root access:
$ sudo su
Change to the user account that runs Partek® Flow® . Suppose it is user account flow, then_:_
$ su flow
Then the default home directory should be/home/flow. Run the following command to make the backup database in home/flow directory, the archived file name is flowdbbackup.tar.gz:
$ tar -czvf flowdbbackup.tar.gz .partekflow/
Log out of the user account that runs Flow: Ctrl+D
MacOS
Open a Terminal window on the home directory of the user that installed Partek Flow.
Run the following command to make the backup database in user's home directory
$ tar -czvf flowdbbackup.tar.gz .partekflow/
The archived file name is flowdbbackup.tar.gz.
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