On 12/28/12 12:51, Joseph wrote: > > Yes, I run osCommerce on my server. > Is the manuall command: > > mysqldump --opt -ppassword catalog > catalog_backup.sql >
I think --opt is on by default, but yes, that should do it. If you would like to automate the backup (say, nightly), you can add the following to ~/.my.cnf [1]: [mysqldump] user = <your mysql username> password = <your mysql password> Then, when you run the `mysqldump` command, it will use that username and password automatically (and not prompt you). That way you can make the backups in a cron job. [1] Warning: chmod 600 the ~/.my.cnf file if you create one.
