Ok, can mysqlhotcopy create a dump? That is what i want. like mysqldump (in my case the mysql server is absoloutely inactive during the whole night, therefore i don't case about speed or locking the tables :) )
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Bunce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "DBI-Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 11:59 AM Subject: Re: Automating database full backup > On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 10:05:32AM +0300, John wrote: > > Well, If we are talking about mysql utilites, then mysqldump is an excellent > > tool for me and what i wan to do. > > It works fine, but is much slower than mysqlhotcopy, which is a problem > when you want to take a hot backup of a production system. > > > 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? > > All parameters can be given on the command line, including the password. > (That will make the password visible to anyone who can run "ps" but there > are ways round that if that's a concern.) > > Tim. > > > ----- 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? > > > > > > > >
