Back up MySQL Databases with a Simple Bash Script | Linux Today

Back up MySQL Databases with a Simple Bash Script

Written By
DP
Dmitri Popov
Jan 17, 2011

[ Thanks to Amber
Graner
for this link. ]

“If you host your own blog or any Web-based application
running on the Apache/MySQL/PHP stack, you should have a backup
system in place for keeping data stored in MySQL databases safe.
There are several solutions that can help you with that, but
nothing beats a simple Bash script I stumbled upon in a blog post
comment. Here is the script in all its beauty: “


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