RE: [PHP-DB] db backup / copy

yes, you can run a php script from cron. You might run a shell script which executes mysqldump on the database. Then, tacks on a database "use" statement to the beginning of the file. Then, executes mysql on the other server while re-directing the file as standard input (stdin) -----Original Message----- From: Marc S. Bragg [mailto:marc@chescolawyers.com] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 2:06 PM To: Rick Emery Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] db backup / copy Would prefer an automated solution if there is one. Maybe run a php script as part of a cron job? Is that possible.? Rick Emery wrote: > If you don't need an automated solution, then the mysqldump application will > work for you. (I assume you are using mysql) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc S. Bragg [mailto:marc@chescolawyers.com] > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 1:55 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DB] db backup / copy > > Hi, > > Anyone have any working scripts for tracking backups and files backed up > from server to server? > > -- > Marc S. Bragg > marc@chescolawyers.com > Bialecki & Bragg, PC > p: 610-444-7508 > f: 610-444-7548 > > http://www.chescolawyers.com/BB > "Legal Directory, Services & Consumer Information for Chester County" > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Marc S. Bragg marc@chescolawyers.com Bialecki & Bragg, PC p: 610-444-7508 f: 610-444-7548 http://www.chescolawyers.com/BB "Legal Directory, Services & Consumer Information for Chester County"