Backup Mysql Script

vi /root/backupmysql.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Shell script to backup MySql database 
# To backup Nysql databases file to /backup dir and later pick up by your 
# script. You can skip few databases from backup too.
# For more info please see (Installation info):
# https://www.cyberciti.biz/nixcraft/vivek/blogger/2005/01/mysql-backup-script.html 
# Last updated: Aug - 2005
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# This is a free shell script under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above
# Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 nixCraft project
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# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)
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MyUSER="SET-MYSQL-USER-NAME"     # USERNAME
MyPASS="SET-PASSWORD"       # PASSWORD 
MyHOST="localhost"          # Hostname

# Linux bin paths, change this if it can not be autodetected via which command
MYSQL="$(which mysql)"
MYSQLDUMP="$(which mysqldump)"
CHOWN="$(which chown)"
CHMOD="$(which chmod)"
GZIP="$(which gzip)"

# Backup Dest directory, change this if you have someother location
DEST="/backup"

# Main directory where backup will be stored
MBD="$DEST/mysql"

# Get hostname
HOST="$(hostname)"

# Get data in dd-mm-yyyy format
NOW="$(date +"%d-%m-%Y")"

# File to store current backup file
FILE=""
# Store list of databases 
DBS=""

# DO NOT BACKUP these databases
IGGY="test"

[ ! -d $MBD ] && mkdir -p $MBD || :

# Only root can access it!
$CHOWN 0.0 -R $DEST
$CHMOD 0600 $DEST

# Get all database list first
DBS="$($MYSQL -u $MyUSER -h $MyHOST -p$MyPASS -Bse 'show databases')"

for db in $DBS
do
    skipdb=-1
    if [ "$IGGY" != "" ];
    then
 for i in $IGGY
 do
     [ "$db" == "$i" ] && skipdb=1 || :
 done
    fi

    if [ "$skipdb" == "-1" ] ; then
 FILE="$MBD/$db.$HOST.$NOW.gz"
 # do all inone job in pipe,
 # connect to mysql using mysqldump for select mysql database
 # and pipe it out to gz file in backup dir :)
        $MYSQLDUMP -u $MyUSER -h $MyHOST -p$MyPASS $db | $GZIP -9 > $FILE
    fi
done

Add contrab

crontab -l
crontab -e

30 2 * * *   /root/backupmysql.sh

:wq

restart

service crond restart

crontab format

MIN HOUR DOM MON DOW CMD

30 2 * * * /your/command
# ^  ^
# |   hour
# minute

Format Meanings and Allowed Value:
MIN     Minute field    0 to 59
HOUR    Hour field      0 to 23
DOM     Day of Month    1-31
MON     Month field     1-12
DOW     Day Of Week     0-6
CMD     Command     Any command to be executed.