mongorestore syntax error

Question

I have lots of bson files in the following path:

c:/mongodb/bin/dump/Sid

If I run the command:

> mongorestore --db Sid --drop dump/Sid

I get the following error:

Mon Mar 26 14:36:36 SyntaxError: missing ; before statement (shell):1

What is the problem with my command?

Answer 1

From your input, it appears as though you are attempting to run mongorestore from inside the JS shell.

Mongorestore is a standalone application, and is run directly from the terminal.

The following will not work:

c:\mongodb-win32-x86_64-2012-03-20\bin>mongo.exe
MongoDB shell version: 2.1.1-pre-
connecting to: test
> mongorestore --db test --drop \dump\test
Mon Mar 26 11:29:13 SyntaxError: missing ; before statement (shell):1
>

If you run mongorestore directly from the terminal you should be successful:

c:\mongodb-win32-x86_64-2012-03-20\bin>mongorestore --db test --drop \dump\test
connected to: 127.0.0.1
... (truncated for brevity) ...

c:\mongodb-win32-x86_64-2012-03-20\bin>

The documentation on Mongodump / mongorestore may be found in the "Import Export Tools" documentation: http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Import+Export+Tools