>> What would  the script look like if I'm on Win2k ?
> Good luck!!

Don't listen to the naysayers....

@echo off
set zdate=%date%
set zdate=%zdate: =%
set zdate=%zdate:/=-%
C:\mysql\bin\mysqldump -A > E:\mysqlDataBackup\%zdate%.txt

save as a .bat and put it in the scheduler.  Mine runs every hour.

> 
>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

if you need to compress the files email me off-list.  



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