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Make a backup from a Mysql database

Easy way to dump a mysql database
#!/bin/bash

DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`

mysqldump --user dbuser --password=dbpasswd database > database-dump.sql
tar cvfz database-dump$DATE.tar.gz database-dump.sql

rm database-dump.sql

exit 0


Description

Add this script to the cron and you allways have a backup.

Example:

30 4 * * * cd /backups && sh mysql_db_backup.sh


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