Well... if you were using PostgreSQL I'd tell you to run `pg_dump -F c -Z 9 <dbname>'. You're not so I'll just have to assume the MySQL folks have a similar utility. Joshua Jore Minneapolis Ward 3, precinct 10 "The irony of this man being imprisoned in the United States and longing to return to once-Communist Russia so he can regain his right to free speech is simply staggering." - someone else On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Mike Nielsen wrote: > > Hi there, > > I know which Microsoft SQL and Veritas > Backup exec I need to either install the Veritas > SQL agent or scedule MsSQL to do a database dump to a > file every night to be sure I have a valid backup of that data. > > > I assume the procedure is somewhat the same with MySQL > regardless the backup software I use? For now I'm > toying with Kbackup .... > > I would like to avoid having to kill mysqld backing up and then > restarting if at all possible. > > Any ideas? > > > -- > > > ----------------------------- > |\/|ike at GetBent.net > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >