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m (New page: ==The Script== <pre>#!/bin/sh USER=some_user PW=some_pw DIR=/mnt/raid5/backup/mysql echo Running: `date`; mkdir -vp $DIR; mysqldump -u$USER -p$PW --all-databases | gzip > $DIR/mysql.`ho...)
 
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mysqldump -u$USER -p$PW --all-databases | gzip > $DIR/mysql.`hostname`.`date +%F.%T`.sql.gz;
mysqldump -u$USER -p$PW --all-databases | gzip > $DIR/mysql.`hostname`.`date +%F.%T`.sql.gz;


# delete backups older than 30 days
# DELETE backups older than 30 days
find $DIR -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm -v {} \;</pre>
find $DIR -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm -v {} \;</pre>
*Need to get pw off console command


==Crontab Entry==
==Crontab Entry==

Revision as of 11:07, 14 December 2008

The Script

#!/bin/sh
USER=some_user
PW=some_pw
DIR=/mnt/raid5/backup/mysql

echo Running: `date`;

mkdir -vp $DIR;

mysqldump -u$USER -p$PW --all-databases | gzip > $DIR/mysql.`hostname`.`date +%F.%T`.sql.gz;

# DELETE backups older than 30 days
find $DIR -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm -v {} \;
  • Need to get pw off console command

Crontab Entry

/etc/crontab;

0 4 	* * * 	drew	/home/drew/cron/mysql_backup.sh >> /home/drew/cron/mysql_backup.log;

OR

crontab -e;

0 4 * * *	/home/drew/cron/mysql_backup.sh >> /home/drew/cron/mysql_backup.log;