# which databases to backup. should either be the word 'all' or a
# space separated list of database names.
#
-# nodata = < table1 table2 table3 > (no default)
+# nodata = < db.table1 db.table2 db.table3 > (no default)
# only dump the structure for the database tables listed here, this means
# no data contained in these tables will be dumped. This is very useful
-# to backup databases that have tables with cache stored in tables that
+# to backup databases that have tables with large amounts of cache data that
# isn't necessary to backup, but you still need the structure to exist
-# on a restore
+# on a restore. You *must* specify the table as part of a database, such
+# as "drupal.cache", where the database name is "drupal" and the table that
+# you do not want to dump the data for is called "cache".
#
# backupdir = < path/to/destination > (default = /var/backups/mysql)
# where to dump the backups. hotcopy backups will be in a subdirectory
# make a backup using mysqldump. this creates text files with sql commands
# sufficient to recontruct the database.
#
+# sqldumpoptions = <options>
+# (default = --lock-tables --complete-insert --add-drop-table --quick --quote-names)
+# arguments to pass to mysqldump
+#
# compress = < yes | no > (default = yes)
# if yes, compress the sqldump output.
#