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bash shell file for daily database backup - Run as CRON job
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db_backup.sh
#/bin/bash
/usr/bin/mysqldump --user=DB_USER --password='DB_PASSWORD' --databases DB_NAME | gzip > /path/to/backup/DB_NAME-`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`.sql.gz
find /path/to/backup -name "*.gz" -mtime +60 -exec /bin/rm {} \;
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