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*To backup the SQL database
*To backup the SQL database


mysqldump -u wikiuser -p<password> wikidb > wikidb-backup-<yymmdd>.sql
mysqldump -q -u wikiuser -p<password> wikidb > wikidb-backup-<yymmdd>.sql
gzip -9 wikidb-backup-<yymmdd>.sql
gzip -9 wikidb-backup-<yymmdd>.sql



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 .