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Created May 9, 2012 08:22
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mysqldump with gzip
#!/bin/bash
#MAILTO=mail@domain.ltd
USER='uname'
PWD='password'
DBNAME='dbname'
DATE=`date +%y%m%d.%H%M`
#backup db
mysqldump --default-character-set="UTF8" --extended-insert=FALSE -u$USER -p$PWD $DBNAME | gzip > $DATE.stage.sql.gz
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