On 3/4/2012 10:25 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > hello list, > > I am attempting to backup a centos 5.4 (x86_64) server running mysql > with a cron job. Here's how the cron job looks: > > [root@cloud:/home/bluethundr/backupdb] #crontab -l > * 3 * * * /usr/bin/mysqldump jfwiki > > /home/bluethundr/backupdb/wiki-$(date +%Y%m%d).sql
You do realize this is going to run 60 times per day, right? (every minute from 3:00 - 3:59) I think you wanted this: 0 3 * * * /usr/bin/mysqldump jfwiki > /home/bluethundr/backupdb/wiki-$(date +%Y%m%d).sql -- Bowie _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
