Re: [rdiff-backup-users] piping mysqldump thru rdiff-backup

[Eric Beversluis]

Great. Thanks.
On Tue, 2013-06-11 at 15:09 +0000, Tom Ford wrote:
> I use automysqlbackup (http://sourceforge.net/projects/automysqlbackup/
> and also available in many linux distribution package repositories) to
> manage mysqldump.
> automysqlbackup will backup the database on a daily basis to a specific
> folder and will keep daily/weekly/monthly backup copies.
> You can then simply instruct rdiff-backup to backup the backup folder that
> automysqlbackup uses.
> 
> Tom
> 
> On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:59:26 -0400, Eric Beversluis
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I want to create a cron job to do mysqldump and run the output through
> > rdiff-backup so it goes right into /home/eric/repository/mysql. Can
> > someone give me the correct syntax for that? Do I have to do the mysql
> > dump to a particular file and then rdiff that file? (Which would mean
> > I'd have to overwrite that file each time.) Or is there some way I can
> > just pipe the mysqldump output right through rdiff-backup?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 
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