On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 10:19:19AM -0700, Mark Stringham wrote: > Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I could run a periodic mysql dump > for a db that is hosted remotely - IE a web host. I do know that this host > does not support crons. > > Any help is appreciated.
If you have access to a host that runs cron, run mysqldump with the -h option. i.e. mysqldump -hmysql.example.com -usomeuser -p database name Cheers! -- Zak Greant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | MySQL Advocate | http://zak.fooassociates.com Using and Managing MySQL MySQL Training: Stockholm, February 24-28, 2003 Visit http://mysql.com/training for more information Sincere Choice: Supporting a Fair Software Market (http://sincerechoice.org) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php