#!/bin/sh # mysql_backup.sh: backup mysql databases and keep newest 5 days backup. # # Last updated: 20 March 2006 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # This is a free shell script under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above # Copyright (C) 2006 Sam Tang # Feedback/comment/suggestions : http://www.real-blog.com/ # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # your mysql login information # db_user is mysql username # db_passwd is mysql password # db_host is mysql host # ----------------------------- db_user="root" db_passwd="password" db_host="localhost" # the directory for story your backup file. backup_dir="/home/mybackup" # date format for backup file (dd-mm-yyyy) time="$(date +"%d-%m-%Y")" # mysql, mysqldump and some other bin's path MYSQL="/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql" MYSQLDUMP="/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump" MKDIR="/bin/mkdir" RM="/bin/rm" MV="/bin/mv" GZIP="/bin/gzip" # check the directory for store backup is writeable test ! -w $backup_dir && echo "Error: $backup_dir is un-writeable." && exit 0 # the directory for story the newest backup test ! -d "$backup_dir/backup.0/" && $MKDIR "$backup_dir/backup.0/" # get all databases all_db="$($MYSQL -u $db_user -h $db_host -p$db_passwd -Bse 'show databases')" for db in $all_db do $MYSQLDUMP -u $db_user -h $db_host -p$db_passwd $db | $GZIP -9 > "$backup_dir/backup.0/$time.$db.gz" done # delete the oldest backup test -d "$backup_dir/backup.5/" && $RM -rf "$backup_dir/backup.5" # rotate backup directory for int in 4 3 2 1 0 do if(test -d "$backup_dir"/backup."$int") then next_int=`expr $int + 1` $MV "$backup_dir"/backup."$int" "$backup_dir"/backup."$next_int" fi done exit 0;