Automatically backup MySQL database
I needed to backup a couple of MySQL databaes automatically. Here is what I did to accomplish this. I created a folder called mysqlbackup. I then created a script called “mysqldbbackup.sh” and put this script file in the mysqlbackup folder. It contains “rm /mysqlbackup/DBNAME_backup.sql mysqldump -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD DBNAME > /mysqlbackup/DBNAME_backup.sql” I used the “rm” command to … Read more