What would the script look like if I'm on Win2k ? Mark -----Original Message----- From: Rodney Broom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 12:22 PM Subject: Re: backup databases
>From: David McInnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Could you share your script for doing the date thing with the rest of >> us? That sounds useful. > >> > From: Jonathan Hilgeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> > mysqldump -uUsername -pPassword --all-databases > tmp.sql && tar -cf >> > MySQL-Backup-DATE.tar.gz -z tmp.sql && rm -f tmp.sql >> > I use a script (to determine DATE)... > > >How about: > > mysqldump -uUsername -pPassword --all-databases > tmp.sql && \ > tar -cf MySQL-Backup-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tar.gz -z tmp.sql && \ > rm -f tmp.sql > >Try this for an example that doesn't change anything: > > echo MySQL-Backup-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tar.gz > >--- >Rodney Broom >Programmer: Desert.Net > >sql > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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