Linux shell script for database backup

Question

I tried many scripts for database backup but I couldn\'t make it. I want to backup my database every hour.
I added files to \"/etc/cron.hourly/\" folder, changed its chm

Answer 1

Create a script similar to this:

#!/bin/sh -e

location=~/`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S`.db

mysqldump -u root --password= database_name > $location

gzip $location

Then you can edit the crontab of the user that the script is going to run as:

$> crontab -e

And append the entry

01 * * * * ~/script_path.sh

This will make it run on the first minute of every hour every day.

Then you just have to add in your rolls and other functionality and you are good to go.