From a60d8efcf00f493c618d361879d74bbe2ab9a9e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 03:06:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] clarify backup location to be a file --- backup/README.md | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/backup/README.md b/backup/README.md index ed53d4a..a559332 100644 --- a/backup/README.md +++ b/backup/README.md @@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt ## Setup Before the backup plugin can be used it has to be initialized once. The following -command will create a `backup.lock` in the lightning directory that stores the -internal state, and which makes sure no instances are using the same backup. +command will create /mnt/external/location/file.sql as backup file and reference it +in `backup.lock` in the lightning directory that stores the internal state, and +which makes sure no two instances are using the same backup. ```bash -./backup-cli init ~/.lightning/bitcoin file:///mnt/external/location +./backup-cli init ~/.lightning/bitcoin file:///mnt/external/location/file.sqlite ``` Notes: