cron job for backup the database in linux/php

Question

Am new to linux cron job, i am using mysql DB, my database name finaldb, i want to take this database every one hour,

I have folder called dailbackup, in this i have fol

Answer 1

Yes ofcourse, you can do it as long as your mysql server is up and listening :). You will need to make a shell or perl script and use edit the crond using the below command (in Fedora):

crontab -e

Components of your cron job is ::

1) Path to your script(executable)

2) Minutes(00-59)

3) Hours (00 - 23)

4) Month (01-12)

5) Day (01-31)

6) Day of the week (00 -06 with 00 as Sunday)

Example :: You wat to run test_pl script every day at 1200

entry in crontab will be ::

00 12 * * * /home/jok/test_pl