Re: mysql backup script

2004-06-16 Thread Steve Buehler
Thanks to all that responded. The answer was a little different from the one below. So what it came out to was this: while [ -f $mysqlpid ] do sleep 1 /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld stop done For those that recommended webmin. Although I have webmin installed, because of the

Re: mysql backup script

2004-06-15 Thread Brian Reichert
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 08:04:00AM -0500, Steve Buehler wrote: > I am having a problem with a backup script that is written in a shell > (/bin/sh) script to backup my mysql databases. For some reason on any day > with an even number I get the following error: > MySQL could not be stopped, exitin

mysql backup script

2004-06-15 Thread Steve Buehler
I am having a problem with a backup script that is written in a shell (/bin/sh) script to backup my mysql databases. For some reason on any day with an even number I get the following error: MySQL could not be stopped, exiting... It is really weird because it will run on odd number days without