[MDL-29898] Incorrect documentation in admin/cli/install_database.php - Moodle Tracker

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Affected Branches:
MOODLE_21_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE
Fixed Branches:
MOODLE_21_STABLE
Pull from Repository:
git://git.luns.net.uk/moodle
Pull Master Branch:
~~MDL-29898~~-master-1
Pull Master Diff URL:
https://git.luns.net.uk/?p=moodle.git;a=commitdiff;h=3b3b8c6b0b065aefca802087e9da71c8c5f7d2bb
Difficulty:
Easy
Testing Instructions:
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Create empty database and point configuration at it.

As web server user run: php admin/cli/install_database.php --agree-license --fullname "fullname" --shortname "shortname" --adminpass=password

Verify that the site has a fullname and shortname of 1

Drop and re-create the database

As web server user run: php admin/cli/install_database.php --agree-license --fullname="fullname" --shortname="shortname" --adminpass=password

Verify that the fullname and shortname are now set correctly
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Create empty database and point configuration at it. As web server user run: php admin/cli/install_database.php --agree-license --fullname "fullname" --shortname "shortname" --adminpass=password Verify that the site has a fullname and shortname of 1 Drop and re-create the database As web server user run: php admin/cli/install_database.php --agree-license --fullname="fullname" --shortname="shortname" --adminpass=password Verify that the fullname and shortname are now set correctly

Documentation suggests that fullname and shortname options are:
--fullname
--shortname

They are in fact
--fullname=STRING
--shortname=STRING

Trying to use the former results in a fullname or shortname of "1"

Participants:: Andrew Lyons, Ankit Agarwal, Aparup Banerjee, Eloy Lafuente (stronk7), Sam Hemelryk

Component watchers:: David Mudrák (@mudrd8mz), Helen Foster, Víctor Déniz Falcón, Matteo Scaramuccia, Andrew Lyons, Dongsheng Cai, Huong Nguyen, Jun Pataleta, Michael Hawkins, Shamim Rezaie, Simey Lameze