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MySQL backup shell script
#!/bin/bash
# Shell script to backup MySQL database
# Set these variables
MyUSER="" # DB_USERNAME
MyPASS="" # DB_PASSWORD
MyHOST="" # DB_HOSTNAME
# Backup Dest directory
DEST="" # /home/username/backups/DB
# Email for notifications
EMAIL=""
# How many days old files must be to be removed
DAYS=3
# Linux bin paths
MYSQL="$(which mysql)"
MYSQLDUMP="$(which mysqldump)"
GZIP="$(which gzip)"
# Get date in dd-mm-yyyy format
NOW="$(date +"%d-%m-%Y_%s")"
# Create Backup sub-directories
MBD="$DEST/$NOW/mysql"
install -d $MBD
# DB skip list
SKIP="information_schema
another_one_db"
# Get all databases
DBS="$($MYSQL -h $MyHOST -u $MyUSER -p$MyPASS -Bse 'show databases')"
# Archive database dumps
for db in $DBS
do
skipdb=-1
if [ "$SKIP" != "" ];
then
for i in $SKIP
do
[ "$db" == "$i" ] && skipdb=1 || :
done
fi
if [ "$skipdb" == "-1" ] ; then
FILE="$MBD/$db.sql"
$MYSQLDUMP -h $MyHOST -u $MyUSER -p$MyPASS $db > $FILE
fi
done
# Archive the directory, send mail and cleanup
cd $DEST
tar -cf $NOW.tar $NOW
$GZIP -9 $NOW.tar
echo "MySQL backup is completed! Backup name is $NOW.tar.gz" | mail -s "MySQL backup" $EMAIL
rm -rf $NOW
# Remove old files
find $DEST -mtime +$DAYS -exec rm -f {} \;
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