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MongoRestore error: "Root directory must be a dump of a single database"

I'm new to MongoDB and I have hard time to backup my local DB and restore it on my server. I found the link on Mongo's website : http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Import+Export+Tools but I still have problems with the restore.

When I do my backup I call 

mongodump --db Gen

Then I see that all the collections are dump in /bin/dump/Gen folder

I copy-paste from local to the server in the same folder the call

mongorestore --db Gen --drop --dbpath dump/Gen

But I get the following : Error : root directory must be a dump of a single database when specifying a db name with --db

Solution

  • Ok I find out what I'm doing wrong :

    I was doing 

    mongorestore --db Gen --drop --dbpath dump/Gen

    But without the --dbpath it works just fine!

    mongorestore --db Gen --drop dump/Gen

    Thanks everyone!