> Probably because you need to redirect your output into the file AFTER all
> the options. Rewrite your command like this:
In which shell? In SunOS /bin/sh, or in bash, the shell strips out
the redirection, and the program sees what's left. It doesn't matter
where the redirection is; it can even be before the call to mysqldump.
--Pete
> mysqldump --flush-logs --add-drop-table -u root -p markloky shuncheong >
> /backup/shuncheong.sql
>
> See if that works. The way you had it written, you weren't passing the -u
> and -p options to mysqldump. So, mysqldump was connecting as an unprivileged
> user.
>
>
>
> On 4/2/01 9:08 AM, "Mark Lo (3)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to know how to backup mysql using crontab or cron jog.
> >
> > I have add a line in my crontab file :
> > mysqldump --flush-logs --add-drop-table shuncheong >
> > /backup/shuncheong.sql -u root -pmarkloky;
> >
> > but I got nothing in shuncheong.sql file.
> >
> > Thank you for your help
> >
> > Mark Lo
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