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Using Windows Batch Files to Backup MySQL using mysqldump

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Programming | Comments Off

[singlepic=735,320,240,web20,right]Backing up your database can be a drag/pain in the ass. You want to make sure you're getting all of the data and you don't want to have to remember to run your scripts at certain times throughout the week. And, if you're like me you don't have any super cool tape library/backup software to do the job for you. I ended up creating several .bat file pieced together from various snippets on the web. The process works like this...there's a ...