anonymise.rst

Run the anonymiser

Now you've created and edited your config file and data dictionary, you can run the anonymiser in one of the following ways:

crate_anonymise --full
crate_anonymise --incremental
crate_anonymise_multiprocess --full
crate_anonymise_multiprocess --incremental

The ‘multiprocess’ versions are faster (if you have a multi-core/-CPU computer). The ‘full’ option destroys the destination database and starts again. The ‘incremental’ one brings the destination database up to date (creating it if necessary). The default is ‘incremental’, for safety reasons.

Get more help with

crate_anonymise --help

crate_anonymise

This runs a single-process anonymiser.

Options:

_crate_anonymise_help.txt

crate_anonymise_multiprocess

This runs multiple copies of crate_anonymise in parallel.

Options:

_crate_anonymise_multiprocess_help.txt

crate_anon_show_counts

This ancillary tool prints record counts from your source and destination databases.

_crate_anon_show_counts_help.txt

crate_anon_check_text_extractor

This ancillary tool checks that you have the text extraction software that you might want. See third-party text extractors <third_party_text_extractors>.

_crate_anon_check_text_extractor.txt

crate_anon_summarize_dd

This ancillary tool reads your data dictionary and summarizes facts about each table. It may be helpful to find problems with large data dictionaries.

_crate_anon_summarize_dd_help.txt