Restore a binary file, or load a text file.

mfoss — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:03:17 +0000

> ejabberdctl restore ./ejabberd.dump

Better to provide full path instead of relative, to ensure erlang finds the file.

> ejabberdctl restore /var/lib/ejabberd/ejabberd.dump
> ...
> {not_a_log_file,"/var/lib/ejabberd/ejabberd.dump"}}}'

Check the ejabberd Guide: List of ejabberd Commands.

There are three ways to backup a Mnesia table:
A) ejabberdctl backup to binary file. Then you call ejabberdctl restore.
B) ejabberdctl dump to text file. Then you call ejabberdctl load.
C) Copy the directory :)

In your case, it seems you mixed methods A and B. If your file contains readable text, then use "ejabberdctl load".

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Restore a binary file, or load a text file.