5 backupdir = /var/backups/mysql
12 # Run mysql commands as 'user'. A valid .my.cnf must exist with a
13 # database username and password in the user's home directory.
14 # If this option is not set, use dbusername and dbpassword instead.
16 # dbusername = <dbuser>
17 # The user must have access to the databases specified later.
18 # Use this option if not using the 'user' option.
20 # dbpassword = <dbpass>
21 # The password. this password will NOT be passed on the command line
22 # and is not readable using "ps aux". make sure that this file is not
23 # world readable. Use this to specify the password in this config file
24 # instead of ~user/.my.cnf.
27 # only localhost works right now.
29 # databases = < all | db1 db2 db3 >
30 # which databases to backup. should either be the word 'all' or a
31 # comma seperated list of database names.
33 # backupdir = < path/to/destination >
34 # where to dump the backups. hotcopy backups will be in a subdirectory 'hotcopy' and
35 # sqldump backups will be in a subdirectory 'sqldump'
37 # hotcopy = < yes | no >
38 # make a backup of the actual database binary files using mysqlhotcopy.
40 # sqldump = < yes | no >
41 # make a backup using mysqldump. this creates text files with sql commands
42 # sufficient to recontruct the database.
44 # compress = < yes | no >
45 # if yes, compress the sqldump output.