I want to create a cron job that does nightly backups of a database, tars and gzips it, then ftps it to another server.
I was wondering what the perferred method of copying the data would be. mysqldump, mysqlhotcopy or just copying the files. =S. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
