Well, If we are talking about mysql utilites, then mysqldump is an excellent tool for me and what i wan to do.
But I cannot put the mysqldump in a shell script (a cron then) because it is quite interactive when it promtes you set a password (root, or whatever else). Thus, i thought about perl and its impressive capabilities. Do you know how could i overcome this mysqldump interactivity through i shell script? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Bunce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hardy Merrill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:09 PM Subject: Re: Automating database full backup > 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? >
