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The current script runs in /home/backup |
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*To backup the SQL database |
*To backup the SQL database |
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mysqldump -u |
mysqldump -q -u wikiuser -p<password> wikidb > wikidb-backup-<yymmdd>.sql |
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gzip -9 wikidb-backup-<yymmdd>.sql |
gzip -9 wikidb-backup-<yymmdd>.sql |
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(with the obvious substitutions). |
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(for us, <tt>username</tt> is <tt>wikiuser</tt> and <tt>nameofyourdatabase</tt> is <tt>wikidb</tt>; <tt>yymmdd</tt> is what it always is). |
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*To create a backup of the web directory, login as wiki and then |
*To create a backup of the web directory, login as wiki and then |
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cd /www/html/w |
cd /www/html/w; tar cvzf web-backup-<yymmdd>.tar.gz . |
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tar cvzf web-backup-<yymmdd>.tar.gz * |
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Latest revision as of 10:29, 19 September 2006
The current script runs in /home/backup
- To backup the SQL database
mysqldump -q -u wikiuser -p<password> wikidb > wikidb-backup-<yymmdd>.sql gzip -9 wikidb-backup-<yymmdd>.sql
(with the obvious substitutions).
- To create a backup of the web directory, login as wiki and then
cd /www/html/w; tar cvzf web-backup-<yymmdd>.tar.gz .
