From 720a4d7ae7db6ef81933b164f1d7e2b46ef573b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: LightningHelper <35897350+LightningHelper@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 00:29:21 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] exact bk file has to be in path The exact file that will be the backup has to be in the backup output path. --- doc/BACKUP.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/BACKUP.md b/doc/BACKUP.md index 129251c9d..3e0ea91e6 100644 --- a/doc/BACKUP.md +++ b/doc/BACKUP.md @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ The `backup` plugin requires Python 3. * Ideally you have an NFS or other network-based mount on your system, into which you will put the backup. * Stop your Lightning node. -* `/path/to/backup-cli init --lightning-dir ${LIGHTNINGDIR} file:///path/to/nfs/mount`. +* `/path/to/backup-cli init --lightning-dir ${LIGHTNINGDIR} file:///path/to/nfs/mount/file.bkp`. This creates an initial copy of the database at the NFS mount. * Add these settings to your `lightningd` configuration: * `important-plugin=/path/to/backup.py`