= Drupal HowTo Copy site to test server

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== Process

1. Run the [[https://www.drupal.org/node/59373|Full backup script]] to produce a file called something like {{{sitebackup-YYYY-MM-DD.tgz}}}
1. {{{scp}}} the tar file to the new server
1. {{{tar -zxvf sitebackup-YYYY-MM-DD.tgz}}}, which will produce 2 files called {{{dbcontent.sql}}} and {{{filecontent.tar}}}
1. Create a directory for the web folder {{{mkdir /local/www/scad}}}
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