[mythtv-users] REMINDER: Back Up Your Database.

[Karl Newman]

On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Jeff Breitner <jtbreitner.lists at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Mike McMullin <mwmcmlln at mnsi.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>   Deciding to force a backup just in case, I found out that I no longer
>> have the mythconverg_backup.pl for 0.27.  Any ideas as to where this can
>> be dl'ed from?
>>
>>
>
> You can always try this:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> time=`date +"%m%d%Y%H%M"`
> mysqldump -u root --password=<password> mythconverg >
> /var/lib/mythconverge-$time.dump
>
> No, please don't do this. mythconverg_backup.pl uses specific
command-line arguments to mysqldump to prevent a corrupted backup (or
restore). That's why the script was created--for a reliable, supported
method of backup and restore.

Karl
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