[wellylug] Backing up MySQL databases

[Martin Wehipeihana]

something like:

mysqldump -u$user -p$passw --add-drop-table --allow-keywords $database

Martin

Michael Dittmer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have a testing machine that I am running MediaWiki on (seems quite
> cool to play with).
> 
> My question is, how do I backup the MySQL database that MediaWiki uses?
> If it can be scripted, I can use cron to backup the database to another
> system across a network.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Michael
> 
>