Cron job: need to replace mutt command, need assistance

Original - php Code #!/bin/bash # # MySQL Backup Script # VER. 2.2 - http://sourceforge.net/projects/automysqlbackup/ # Copyright (c) 2002-2003 wipe_out@lycos.co.uk # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA # #================================================= ==================== #================================================= ==================== # Set the following variables to your system needs # (Detailed instructions below variables) #================================================= ==================== # Username to access the MySQL server e.g. dbuser USERNAME=exampleusername # Username to access the MySQL server e.g. password PASSWORD=examplepw # Host name (or IP address) of MySQL server e.g localhost DBHOST=localhost # List of DBNAMES for Daily/Weekly Backup e.g. "DB1 DB2 DB3" DBNAMES="all" # Backup directory location e.g /backups BACKUPDIR="/home/mysite/public_html/backupdb" # Mail setup # What would you like to be mailed to you? # - log : send only log file # - files : send log file and sql files as attachments (see docs) # - stdout : will simply output the log to the screen if run manually. MAILCONTENT="files" # Set the maximum allowed email size in k. (4000 = approx 5MB email [see docs]) MAXATTSIZE="8000" # Email Address to send mail to? (user@domain.com) MAILADDR="email@mysite.com" # ================================================== ========== # === ADVANCED OPTIONS ( Read the doc's below for details )=== #================================================= ============ # List of DBBNAMES for Monthly Backups. MDBNAMES="mysql $DBNAMES" # List of DBNAMES to EXCLUDE if DBNAMES are set to all (must be in " quotes) DBEXCLUDE="" # Include CREATE DATABASE in backup? CREATE_DATABASE=no # Separate backup directory and file for each DB? (yes or no) SEPDIR=yes # Which day do you want weekly backups? (1 to 7 where 1 is Monday) DOWEEKLY=4 # Choose Compression type. (gzip or bzip2) COMP=gzip # Command to run before backups (uncomment to use) #PREBACKUP="/etc/mysql-backup-pre" # Command run after backups (uncomment to use) #POSTBACKUP="/etc/mysql-backup-post" #================================================= ==================== # Options documantation #================================================= ==================== # Set USERNAME and PASSWORD of a user that has at least SELECT permission # to ALL databases. # # Set the DBHOST option to the server you wish to backup, leave the # default to backup "this server".(to backup multiple servers make # copies of this file and set the options for that server) # # Put in the list of DBNAMES(Databases)to be backed up. If you would like # to backup ALL DBs on the server set DBNAMES="all".(if set to "all" then # any new DBs will automatically be backed up without needing to modify # this backup script when a new DB is created). # # If the DB you want to backup has a space in the name replace the space # with a % e.g. "data base" will become "data%base" # NOTE: Spaces in DB names may not work correctly when SEPDIR=no. # # You can change the backup storage location from /backups to anything # you like by using the BACKUPDIR setting.. # # The MAILCONTENT and MAILADDR options and pretty self explanitory, use # these to have the backup log mailed to you at any email address or multiple # email addresses in a space seperated list. # (If you set mail content to "log" you will require access to the "mail" program # on your server. If you set this to "files" you will have to have mutt installed # on your server. If you set it sto stdout it will log to the screen if run from # the console or to the cron job owner if run through cron) # # MAXATTSIZE sets the largest allowed email attachments total (all backup files) you # want the script to send. This is the size before it is encoded to be sent as an email # so if your mail server will allow a maximum mail size of 5MB I would suggest setting # MAXATTSIZE to be 25% smaller than that so a setting of 4000 would probably be fine. # # Finally copy automysqlbackup.sh to anywhere on your server and make sure # to set executable permission. You can also copy the script to # /etc/cron.daily to have it execute automatically every night or simply # place a symlink in /etc/cron.daily to the file if you wish to keep it # somwhere else. # NOTE:On Debian copy the file with no extention for it to be run # by cron e.g just name the file "automysqlbackup" # # Thats it.. # # # === Advanced options doc's === # # The list of MDBNAMES is the DB's to be backed up only monthly. You should # always include "mysql" in this list to backup your user/password # information along with any other DBs that you only feel need to # be backed up monthly. (if using a hosted server then you should # probably remove "mysql" as your provider will be backing this up) # NOTE: If DBNAMES="all" then MDBNAMES has no effect as all DBs will be backed # up anyway. # # If you set DBNAMES="all" you can configure the option DBEXCLUDE. Other # wise this option will not be used. # This option can be used if you want to backup all dbs, but you want # exclude some of them. (eg. a db is to big). # # Set CREATE_DATABASE to "yes" (the default) if you want your SQL-Dump to create # a database with the same name as the original database when restoring. # Saying "no" here will allow your to specify the database name you want to # restore your dump into, making a copy of the database by using the dump # created with automysqlbackup. # NOTE: Not used if SEPDIR=no # # The SEPDIR option allows you to choose to have all DBs backed up to # a single file (fast restore of entire server in case of crash) or to # seperate directories for each DB (each DB can be restored seperately # in case of single DB corruption or loss). # # To set the day of the week that you would like the weekly backup to happen # set the DOWEEKLY setting, this can be a value from 1 to 7 where 1 is Monday, # The default is 6 which means that weekly backups are done on a Saturday. # # COMP is used to choose the copmression used, options are gzip or bzip2. # bzip2 will produce slightly smaller files but is more processor intensive so # may take longer to complete. # # Use PREBACKUP and POSTBACKUP to specify Per and Post backup commands # or scripts to perform tasks either before or after the backup process. # # #================================================= ==================== # Backup Rotation.. #================================================= ==================== # # Daily Backups are rotated weekly.. # Weekly Backups are run by default on Saturday Morning when # cron.daily scripts are run...Can be changed with DOWEEKLY setting.. # Weekly Backups are rotated on a 5 week cycle.. # Monthly Backups are run on the 1st of the month.. # Monthly Backups are NOT rotated automatically... # It may be a good idea to copy Monthly backups offline or to another # server.. # #================================================= ==================== # Please Note!! #================================================= ==================== # # I take no resposibility for any data loss or corruption when using # this script.. # This script will not help in the event of a hard drive crash. If a # copy of the backup has not be stored offline or on another PC.. # You should copy your backups offline regularly for best protection. # # Happy backing up... # #================================================= ==================== # Restoring #================================================= ==================== # Firstly you will need to uncompress the backup file. # eg. # gunzip file.gz (or bunzip2 file.bz2) # # Next you will need to use the mysql client to restore the DB from the # sql file. # eg. # mysql --user=username --pass=password --host=dbserver database < /path/file.sql # or # mysql --user=username --pass=password --host=dbserver -e "source /path/file.sql" database # # NOTE: Make sure you use "<" and not ">" in the above command because # you are piping the file.sql to mysql and not the other way around. # # Lets hope you never have to use this.. :) # #================================================= ==================== # Change Log #================================================= ==================== # # VER 2.2 - (2004-12-05) # Changed from using depricated "-N" to "--skip-column-names". # Added ability to have compressed backup's emailed out. (code from Thomas Heiserowski) # Added maximum attachment size setting. # VER 2.1 - (2004-11-04) # Fixed a bug in daily rotation when not using gzip compression. (Fix by Rob Rosenfeld) # VER 2.0 - (2004-07-28) # Switched to using IO redirection instead of pipeing the output to the logfile. # Added choice of compression of backups being gzip of bzip2. # Switched to using functions to facilitate more functionality. # Added option of either gzip or bzip2 compression. # VER 1.10 - (2004-07-17) # Another fix for spaces in the paths (fix by Thomas von Eyben) # Fixed bug when using PREBACKUP and POSTBACKUP commands containing many arguments. # VER 1.9 - (2004-05-25) # Small bug fix to handle spaces in LOGFILE path which contains spaces (reported by Thomas von Eyben) # Updated docs to mention that Log email can be sent to multiple email addresses. # VER 1.8 - (2004-05-01) # Added option to make backups restorable to alternate database names # meaning that a copy of the database can be created (Based on patch by Rene Hoffmann) # Seperated options into standard and advanced. # Removed " from single file dump DBMANES because it caused an error but # this means that if DB's have spaces in the name they will not dump when SEPDIR=no. # Added -p option to mkdir commands to create multiple subdirs without error. # Added disk usage and location to the bottom of the backup report. # VER 1.7 - (2004-04-22) # Fixed an issue where weelky backups would only work correctly if server # locale was set to English (issue reported by Tom Ingberg) # used "eval" for "rm" commands to try and resolve rotation issues. # Changed name of status log so multiple scripts can be run at the same time. # VER 1.6 - (2004-03-14) # Added PREBACKUP and POSTBACKUP command functions. (patch by markpustjens) # Added support for backing up DB's with Spaces in the name. # (patch by markpustjens) # VER 1.5 - (2004-02-24) # Added the ability to exclude DB's when the "all" option is used. # (Patch by kampftitan) # VER 1.4 - (2004-02-02) # Project moved to Sourceforge.net # VER 1.3 - (2003-09-25) # Added support for backing up "all" databases on the server without # having to list each one seperately in the configuration. # Added DB restore instructions. # VER 1.2 - (2003-03-16) # Added server name to the backup log so logs from multiple servers # can be easily identified. # VER 1.1 - (2003-03-13) # Small Bug fix in monthly report. (Thanks Stoyanski) # Added option to email log to any email address. (Inspired by Stoyanski) # Changed Standard file name to .sh extention. # Option are set using yes and no rather than 1 or 0. # VER 1.0 - (2003-01-30) # Added the ability to have all databases backup to a single dump # file or seperate directory and file for each database. # Output is better for log keeping. # VER 0.6 - (2003-01-22) # Bug fix for daily directory (Added in VER 0.5) rotation. # VER 0.5 - (2003-01-20) # Added "daily" directory for daily backups for neatness (suggestion by Jason) # Added DBHOST option to allow backing up a remote server (Suggestion by Jason) # Added "--quote-names" option to mysqldump command. # Bug fix for handling the last and first of the year week rotation. # VER 0.4 - (2002-11-06) # Added the abaility for the script to create its own directory structure. # VER 0.3 - (2002-10-01) # Changed Naming of Weekly backups so they will show in order. # VER 0.2 - (2002-09-27) # Corrected weekly rotation logic to handle weeks 0 - 10 # VER 0.1 - (2002-09-21) # Initial Release # #================================================= ==================== #================================================= ==================== #================================================= ==================== # # Should not need to be modified from here down!! # #================================================= ==================== #================================================= ==================== #================================================= ==================== PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d` # Datestamp e.g 2002-09-21 DOW=`date +%A` # Day of the week e.g. Monday DNOW=`date +%u` # Day number of the week 1 to 7 where 1 represents Monday DOM=`date +%d` # Date of the Month e.g. 27 M=`date +%B` # Month e.g January W=`date +%V` # Week Number e.g 37 VER=2.2 # Version Number LOGFILE=$BACKUPDIR/$DBHOST-`date +%N`.log # Logfile Name OPT="--quote-names --opt" # OPT string for use with mysqldump ( see man mysqldump ) BACKUPFILES="" # thh: added for later mailing # Create required directories if [ ! -e "$BACKUPDIR" ] # Check Backup Directory exists. then mkdir -p "$BACKUPDIR" fi if [ ! -e "$BACKUPDIR/daily" ] # Check Daily Directory exists. then mkdir -p "$BACKUPDIR/daily" fi if [ ! -e "$BACKUPDIR/weekly" ] # Check Weekly Directory exists. then mkdir -p "$BACKUPDIR/weekly" fi if [ ! -e "$BACKUPDIR/monthly" ] # Check Monthly Directory exists. then mkdir -p "$BACKUPDIR/monthly" fi # IO redirection for logging. touch $LOGFILE exec 6>&1 # Link file descriptor #6 with stdout. # Saves stdout. exec > $LOGFILE # stdout replaced with file $LOGFILE. # Functions # Database dump function dbdump () { mysqldump --user=$USERNAME --password=$PASSWORD --host=$DBHOST $OPT $1 > $2 return 0 } # Compression function SUFFIX="" compression () { if [ "$COMP" = "gzip" ]; then gzip -f "$1" echo echo Backup Information for "$1" gzip -l "$1.gz" SUFFIX=".gz" elif [ "$COMP" = "bzip2" ]; then echo Compression information for "$1.bz2" bzip2 -f -v $1 2>&1 SUFFIX=".bz2" else echo "No compression option set, check advanced settings" fi return 0 } # Run command before we begin if [ "$PREBACKUP" ] then echo ================================================== ==================== echo "Prebackup command output." echo eval $PREBACKUP echo echo ================================================== ==================== echo fi if [ "$SEPDIR" = "yes" ]; then # Check if CREATE DATABSE should be included in Dump if [ "$CREATE_DATABASE" = "no" ]; then OPT="$OPT --no-create-db" else OPT="$OPT --databases" fi else OPT="$OPT --databases" fi # Hostname for LOG information if [ "$DBHOST" = "localhost" ]; then HOST=`hostname` else HOST=$DBHOST fi # If backing up all DBs on the server if [ "$DBNAMES" = "all" ]; then DBNAMES="`mysql --user=$USERNAME --password=$PASSWORD --host=$DBHOST --batch --skip-column-names -e "show databases"| sed 's/ /%/g'`" # If DBs are excluded for exclude in $DBEXCLUDE do DBNAMES=`echo $DBNAMES | sed "s/b$excludeb//g"` done MDBNAMES=$DBNAMES fi echo ================================================== ==================== echo AutoMySQLBackup VER $VER echo http://sourceforge.net/projects/automysqlbackup/ echo echo Backup of Database Server - $HOST echo ================================================== ==================== # Test is seperate DB backups are required if [ "$SEPDIR" = "yes" ]; then echo Backup Start Time `date` echo ================================================== ==================== # Monthly Full Backup of all Databases if [ $DOM = "01" ]; then for MDB in $MDBNAMES do # Prepare $DB for using MDB="`echo $MDB | sed 's/%/ /g'`" if [ ! -e "$BACKUPDIR/monthly/$MDB" ] # Check Monthly DB Directory exists. then mkdir -p "$BACKUPDIR/monthly/$MDB" fi echo Monthly Backup of $MDB... dbdump "$MDB" "$BACKUPDIR/monthly/$MDB/${MDB}_$DATE.$M.$MDB.sql" compression "$BACKUPDIR/monthly/$MDB/${MDB}_$DATE.$M.$MDB.sql" BACKUPFILES="$BACKUPFILES $BACKUPDIR/monthly/$MDB/${MDB}_$DATE.$M.$MDB.sql$SUFFIX" echo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- done fi for DB in $DBNAMES do # Prepare $DB for using DB="`echo $DB | sed 's/%/ /g'`" # Create Seperate directory for each DB if [ ! -e "$BACKUPDIR/daily/$DB" ] # Check Daily DB Directory exists. then mkdir -p "$BACKUPDIR/daily/$DB" fi if [ ! -e "$BACKUPDIR/weekly/$DB" ] # Check Weekly DB Directory exists. then mkdir -p "$BACKUPDIR/weekly/$DB" fi # Weekly Backup if [ $DNOW = $DOWEEKLY ]; then echo Weekly Backup of Database ( $DB ) echo Rotating 5 weeks Backups... if [ "$W" -le 05 ];then REMW=`expr 48 + $W` elif [ "$W" -lt 15 ];then REMW=0`expr $W - 5` else REMW=`expr $W - 5` fi eval rm -fv "$BACKUPDIR/weekly/$DB/week.$REMW.*" echo dbdump "$DB" "$BACKUPDIR/weekly/$DB/${DB}_week.$W.$DATE.sql" compression "$BACKUPDIR/weekly/$DB/${DB}_week.$W.$DATE.sql" BACKUPFILES="$BACKUPFILES $BACKUPDIR/weekly/$DB/${DB}_week.$W.$DATE.sql$SUFFIX" echo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Daily Backup else echo Daily Backup of Database ( $DB ) echo Rotating last weeks Backup... eval rm -fv "$BACKUPDIR/daily/$DB/*.$DOW.sql.*" echo dbdump "$DB" "$BACKUPDIR/daily/$DB/${DB}_$DATE.$DOW.sql" compression "$BACKUPDIR/daily/$DB/${DB}_$DATE.$DOW.sql" BACKUPFILES="$BACKUPFILES $BACKUPDIR/daily/$DB/${DB}_$DATE.$DOW.sql$SUFFIX" echo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fi done echo Backup End `date` echo ================================================== ==================== else # One backup file for all DBs echo Backup Start `date` echo ================================================== ==================== # Monthly Full Backup of all Databases if [ $DOM = "01" ]; then echo Monthly full Backup of ( $MDBNAMES )... dbdump "$MDBNAMES" "$BACKUPDIR/monthly/$DATE.$M.all-databases.sql" compression "$BACKUPDIR/monthly/$DATE.$M.all-databases.sql" BACKUPFILES="$BACKUPFILES $BACKUPDIR/monthly/$DATE.$M.all-databases.sql$SUFFIX" echo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fi # Weekly Backup if [ $DNOW = $DOWEEKLY ]; then echo Weekly Backup of Databases ( $DBNAMES ) echo echo Rotating 5 weeks Backups... if [ "$W" -le 05 ];then REMW=`expr 48 + $W` elif [ "$W" -lt 15 ];then REMW=0`expr $W - 5` else REMW=`expr $W - 5` fi eval rm -fv "$BACKUPDIR/weekly/week.$REMW.*" echo dbdump "$DBNAMES" "$BACKUPDIR/weekly/week.$W.$DATE.sql" compression "$BACKUPDIR/weekly/week.$W.$DATE.sql" BACKUPFILES="$BACKUPFILES $BACKUPDIR/weekly/week.$W.$DATE.sql$SUFFIX" echo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Daily Backup else echo Daily Backup of Databases ( $DBNAMES ) echo echo Rotating last weeks Backup... eval rm -fv "$BACKUPDIR/daily/*.$DOW.sql.*" echo dbdump "$DBNAMES" "$BACKUPDIR/daily/$DATE.$DOW.sql" compression "$BACKUPDIR/daily/$DATE.$DOW.sql" BACKUPFILES="$BACKUPFILES $BACKUPDIR/daily/$DATE.$DOW.sql$SUFFIX" echo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fi echo Backup End Time `date` echo ================================================== ==================== fi echo Total disk space used for backup storage.. echo Size - Location echo `du -hs "$BACKUPDIR"` echo echo ================================================== ==================== echo If you find AutoMySQLBackup valuable please make a donation at echo http://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=101066 echo ================================================== ==================== # Run command when we're done if [ "$POSTBACKUP" ] then echo ================================================== ==================== echo "Postbackup command output." echo eval $POSTBACKUP echo echo ================================================== ==================== fi #Clean up IO redirection exec 1>&6 6>&- # Restore stdout and close file descriptor #6. if [ "$MAILCONTENT" = "files" ] then #Get backup size ATTSIZE=`du -c $BACKUPFILES | grep "[[:digit:][:space:]]total$" |sed s/s*total//` if [ $MAXATTSIZE -ge $ATTSIZE ] then BACKUPFILES=`echo "$BACKUPFILES" | sed -e "s# # -a #g"` #enable multiple attachments cat $BACKUPFILES | mail -s "MySQL Backup Log and SQL Files for $HOST - $DATE" $MAILADDR #send via mutt else cat "$LOGFILE" | mail -s "WARNING! - MySQL Backup exceeds set maximum attachment size on $HOST - $DATE" $MAILADDR fi elif [ "$MAILCONTENT" = "log" ] then cat "$LOGFILE" | mail -s "MySQL Backup Log for $HOST - $DATE" $MAILADDR else cat "$LOGFILE" fi # Clean up Logfile eval rm -f "$LOGFILE" exit 0

#!/bin/bash
#
# MySQL Backup Script
# VER. 2.2 - http://sourceforge.net/projects/automysqlbackup/
# Copyright (c) 2002-2003 wipe_out@lycos.co.uk
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
# 
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
#
#=================================================  ====================
#=================================================  ====================
# Set the following variables to your system needs
# (Detailed instructions below variables)
#=================================================  ====================
 
# Username to access the MySQL server e.g. dbuser
USERNAME=exampleusername
 
# Username to access the MySQL server e.g. password
PASSWORD=examplepw
 
# Host name (or IP address) of MySQL server e.g localhost
DBHOST=localhost
 
# List of DBNAMES for Daily/Weekly Backup e.g. "DB1 DB2 DB3"
DBNAMES="all"
 
# Backup directory location e.g /backups
BACKUPDIR="/home/mysite/public_html/backupdb"
 
# Mail setup
# What would you like to be mailed to you?
# - log   : send only log file
# - files : send log file and sql files as attachments (see docs)
# - stdout : will simply output the log to the screen if run manually.
MAILCONTENT="files"
 
# Set the maximum allowed email size in k. (4000 = approx 5MB email [see docs])
MAXATTSIZE="8000"
 
# Email Address to send mail to? (user@domain.com)
MAILADDR="email@mysite.com"
 
 
# ==================================================  ==========
# === ADVANCED OPTIONS ( Read the doc's below for details )===
#=================================================  ============
 
# List of DBBNAMES for Monthly Backups.
MDBNAMES="mysql $DBNAMES"
 
# List of DBNAMES to EXCLUDE if DBNAMES are set to all (must be in " quotes)
DBEXCLUDE=""
 
# Include CREATE DATABASE in backup?
CREATE_DATABASE=no
 
# Separate backup directory and file for each DB? (yes or no)
SEPDIR=yes
 
# Which day do you want weekly backups? (1 to 7 where 1 is Monday)
DOWEEKLY=4
 
# Choose Compression type. (gzip or bzip2)
COMP=gzip
 
# Command to run before backups (uncomment to use)
#PREBACKUP="/etc/mysql-backup-pre"
 
# Command run after backups (uncomment to use)
#POSTBACKUP="/etc/mysql-backup-post"
 
#=================================================  ====================
# Options documantation
#=================================================  ====================
# Set USERNAME and PASSWORD of a user that has at least SELECT permission
# to ALL databases.
#
# Set the DBHOST option to the server you wish to backup, leave the
# default to backup "this server".(to backup multiple servers make
# copies of this file and set the options for that server)
#
# Put in the list of DBNAMES(Databases)to be backed up. If you would like
# to backup ALL DBs on the server set DBNAMES="all".(if set to "all" then
# any new DBs will automatically be backed up without needing to modify
# this backup script when a new DB is created).
#
# If the DB you want to backup has a space in the name replace the space
# with a % e.g. "data base" will become "data%base"
# NOTE: Spaces in DB names may not work correctly when SEPDIR=no.
#
# You can change the backup storage location from /backups to anything
# you like by using the BACKUPDIR setting..
#
# The MAILCONTENT and MAILADDR options and pretty self explanitory, use
# these to have the backup log mailed to you at any email address or multiple
# email addresses in a space seperated list.
# (If you set mail content to "log" you will require access to the "mail" program
# on your server. If you set this to "files" you will have to have mutt installed
# on your server. If you set it sto stdout it will log to the screen if run from 
# the console or to the cron job owner if run through cron)
#
# MAXATTSIZE sets the largest allowed email attachments total (all backup files) you
# want the script to send. This is the size before it is encoded to be sent as an email
# so if your mail server will allow a maximum mail size of 5MB I would suggest setting
# MAXATTSIZE to be 25% smaller than that so a setting of 4000 would probably be fine.
#
# Finally copy automysqlbackup.sh to anywhere on your server and make sure
# to set executable permission. You can also copy the script to
# /etc/cron.daily to have it execute automatically every night or simply
# place a symlink in /etc/cron.daily to the file if you wish to keep it 
# somwhere else.
# NOTE:On Debian copy the file with no extention for it to be run
# by cron e.g just name the file "automysqlbackup"
#
# Thats it..
#
#
# === Advanced options doc's ===
#
# The list of MDBNAMES is the DB's to be backed up only monthly. You should
# always include "mysql" in this list to backup your user/password
# information along with any other DBs that you only feel need to
# be backed up monthly. (if using a hosted server then you should
# probably remove "mysql" as your provider will be backing this up)
# NOTE: If DBNAMES="all" then MDBNAMES has no effect as all DBs will be backed
# up anyway.
#
# If you set DBNAMES="all" you can configure the option DBEXCLUDE. Other
# wise this option will not be used.
# This option can be used if you want to backup all dbs, but you want 
# exclude some of them. (eg. a db is to big).
#
# Set CREATE_DATABASE to "yes" (the default) if you want your SQL-Dump to create
# a database with the same name as the original database when restoring.
# Saying "no" here will allow your to specify the database name you want to
# restore your dump into, making a copy of the database by using the dump
# created with automysqlbackup.
# NOTE: Not used if SEPDIR=no
#
# The SEPDIR option allows you to choose to have all DBs backed up to
# a single file (fast restore of entire server in case of crash) or to
# seperate directories for each DB (each DB can be restored seperately
# in case of single DB corruption or loss).
#
# To set the day of the week that you would like the weekly backup to happen
# set the DOWEEKLY setting, this can be a value from 1 to 7 where 1 is Monday,
# The default is 6 which means that weekly backups are done on a Saturday.
#
# COMP is used to choose the copmression used, options are gzip or bzip2.
# bzip2 will produce slightly smaller files but is more processor intensive so
# may take longer to complete.
#
# Use PREBACKUP and POSTBACKUP to specify Per and Post backup commands
# or scripts to perform tasks either before or after the backup process.
#
#
#=================================================  ====================
# Backup Rotation..
#=================================================  ====================
#
# Daily Backups are rotated weekly..
# Weekly Backups are run by default on Saturday Morning when
# cron.daily scripts are run...Can be changed with DOWEEKLY setting..
# Weekly Backups are rotated on a 5 week cycle..
# Monthly Backups are run on the 1st of the month..
# Monthly Backups are NOT rotated automatically...
# It may be a good idea to copy Monthly backups offline or to another
# server..
#
#=================================================  ====================
# Please Note!!
#=================================================  ====================
#
# I take no resposibility for any data loss or corruption when using
# this script..
# This script will not help in the event of a hard drive crash. If a 
# copy of the backup has not be stored offline or on another PC..
# You should copy your backups offline regularly for best protection.
#
# Happy backing up...
#