Maybe... after some long hours and many lines. I am not sure. I know it won't necessarilly be easy. You'd be better off using PERL. You can download the windows binary of PERL for free. (www.perl.org) You can install PERL anywhere you want on the system just so long as your PERL scripts point at the PERL.EXE executable. -RG
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Mark Stringham wrote: > > Could I run something similar as a BAT file? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russell E Glaue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Mark Stringham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Rodney Broom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 4:25 PM > Subject: Re: backup databases > > > > > >On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Mark Stringham wrote: > >> > >> What would the script look like if I'm on Win2k ? > > > >Good luck!! > > > >But seriously; there is a $300 software package out there (can't remember > >name) that will give your billy-boy OS some unix shell-like capabilities, > >including TAR. It was featured in like a January (or December) "Network > >Magazine" article. > >If your interested in knowing what this software package is, e-mail me and > >I'll look and get the name (and URL) to you. > >-RG > > > > > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
