[Lias] MySQL backup

[Tom Doyle]

Thanks Les,

I thought the mysqldump util only backed up the structure & not the data...

cheers,
Tom.


Quoting Les Bell <lesbell at lesbell.com.au>:

 
 Tom Doyle <tom at stvincents.nsw.edu.au> wrote:
 
 >>
 What can I schedule MySQL database backups with?
 <<
 
 How about a cron job in the middle of the night that does:
 
 mysqldump -p<password> --opt <database> | gzip -c - > <filename>.gz
 
 ? You can restore it with
 
 zcat <filename>.gz | mysql -C <database> -p<password>
 
 Nice and simple, and can be easily turned into a script that maintains
 multiple revisions of backups, etc.
 
 Best,
 
 --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP
 [http://www.lesbell.com.au]
 
 
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