From c92051d5264b28980552b42518ec20bf3f6ccae8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "m.reschke" <manuel.reschke90@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:04:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Initial Commit

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 .gitignore    |  1 +
 README.md     |  5 +++++
 backup/.empty |  0
 db-backup.sh  | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 create mode 100644 backup/.empty
 create mode 100644 db-backup.sh

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.idea
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b1e6b03..fb27498 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 # bash-database-backup
 Simple Bash Script to Backup a Database
+
+Modify the options in db-backup.sh to your needs!
+
+Run for the backup:
+    # ./db-backup.sh
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diff --git a/backup/.empty b/backup/.empty
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diff --git a/db-backup.sh b/db-backup.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+######################################################################################################
+############## Configuration  ########################################################################
+######################################################################################################
+
+# Database credentials
+user=""
+password=""
+host=""
+db_name=""
+
+# Other options
+backup_path="/home/<user>/backup"
+date=$(date +"%d-%b-%Y")
+compressLevel=9
+
+######################################################################################################
+############## Script Logik Starts here ##############################################################
+######################################################################################################
+
+# Set default file permissions
+umask 177
+
+# Dump database into SQL file
+mysqldump --user=$user --password=$password --host=$host $db_name > $backup_path/$db_name-$date.sql
+
+# compress the SQL file
+cd $backup_path
+gzip -f -$compressLevel $db_name-$date.sql
+
+# Delete files older than 30 days
+find $backup_path/* -name *.sql -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;
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