On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:41:19PM -0400, Hardy Merrill wrote: > A bit OT here, but I'm curious - does mysqlhotcopy allow you to do a > backup without shutting down MySQL?
Yes, hence "hot" copy. > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysqlhotcopy.html [Umm, ought to ask them to acknowledge that I wrote and contributed it.] > I know this is over-simplifying, but couldn't automating MySQL backups > with mysqlhotcopy be as simple as adding a MySQL user with read(?) privs > to the database(s) to be backed up, and then putting a "mysqlhotcopy" > command with all the necessary options into a cron job or windows > scheduler? Yes. (Though I don't know about windows.) Tim. > Hardy > > >>> Tim Bunce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/07/04 01:30PM >>> > I believe mysql also ships with mysqlhotcopy (which I wrote) > you may find it useful. > > Tim. > > On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 10:05:42AM -0400, Hardy Merrill wrote: > > I quick search on google for "automate mysql backup perl dbi" > > > > revealed this as one of the 1st 5 links: > > http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~u2pj/SQL_Perl.htm > > > > Check out "RW MySQL Dump" - looks to me like it might be just what > > you're looking for. Or if you still want to do it yourself, just > > reading its description might put you on the right track. > > > > You'll get more help here if you actually try to help yourself first > - > > at least make an effort to find some information *before* you ask > for > > help. > > > > Hardy Merrill > > > > >>> "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/07/04 09:52AM >>> > > I want to automate a mysql backup > > > > Can this be done via perl and how?
