Automatically Backup MySQL database on linux server

Question

I need a script that automatically makes a backup of a MySql Database. I know there are a lot of posts and scripts out there on this topic already but here is where mine differs

Answer 1

Answer: A cron

Description:

Try creating a file something.sh with this:

 #!/bin/sh
 mysqldump -u root -p pwd --opt db1.sql > /respaldosql/db1.sql
 mysqldump -u root -p pwd --opt db2.sql > /respaldosql/db2.sql
 cd /home/youuser/backupsql/
 tar -zcvf backupsql_$(date +%d%m%y).tgz *.sql
 find -name '*.tgz' -type f -mtime +2 -exec rm -f {} \;

Give the adequate permission to the file

 chmod 700 mysqlrespaldo.sh

or

 sudo chmod 700 something.sh

and then create a cron with

 crontab -e

setting it like

 **0 1 * * *** /home/youruser/coolscripts/something.sh

Remember that the numbers or '*' characters have this structure:

Minutes (range 0-59)
Hours (0-23)
Day of month (1-31)
Month (1-12)
Day of the week (0-6 being 0=Domingo)
Absolute path to script or program to run