# 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.
#