[thelist] automatic mysql dumps from windows
Sarah Sweeney
mr.sanders at designshift.com
Mon Feb 21 12:01:09 CST 2005
> A prefab solution I've used for a few clients is phpMySQLBackupPro[0]
> (gotta love those creative names). It has a web-based front end if you
> like, but can be used more usefully via cron as well (instructions for
> doing so are included). It makes a backup, keeps X days' worth of
> backups on file, and optionally can email the dump file. For my clients
> I have the dump run nightly, and the dump file goes to their email. If
> the server is Windows, you can do a "pseudocron" by making the backup
> get triggered by page requests.
>
> [0] http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmybackup/
BTW, this solutions works perfectly - easy for me to set up, easy for
the client to use... Thanks!
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