MySQL INTO OUTFILE override existing file?

Question

I\'ve written a big sql script that creates a CSV file. I want to call a cronjob every night to create a fresh CSV file and have it available on the website.

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Answer 1

For a job like this I would place it into a bash file, delete the file

#!/bin/bash
rm /path/to/backup.csv
./backup_sql_query.sh  <<-- This contains the script to backup to CSV.

The better option is to actually add a timestamp though. Disk space isn't expensive in this day and age.