Last modified: 2011-03-13 18:04:36 UTC
Let's say one loves to use 'php deleteBatch.php && php importTextFile.php' for each edit, no matter how minor. This has swollen my -rw-rw---- 1 35651584 2006-11-08 03:13 /var/lib/mysql/ibdata1 and even the invitingly named maintenance/deleteOldRevisions.php won't help. There is no command I can find that will just leave only the current version of each page in ibdata1.
deleteOldRevisions.php will do it, under certain circumstances, and provided the --delete option is passed. If that doesn't work, give purgeRedundantText.php a try. Both assume you're storing text in the database and won't affect external storage clusters. Incidentally, MediaWiki isn't designed to discard old information in this manner. If space is an issue, there are several scripts which can compress old revisions, which might work out safer (deleteOldRevision et al. weren't tested as thoroughly as I'd like).
Nope, $ php purgeOldText.php --purge #(no purgeRedundantText.php found) $ php deleteOldRevisions.php --delete say 0 inactive items found, 0 old revisions found. $ ls -og /var/lib/mysql/ibdata1 -rw-rw---- 1 35651584 2006-11-14 23:33 /var/lib/mysql/ibdata1 as big as ever.
*shrug*
