Re: mysql dump for remote db

[Zak Greant]

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 10:19:19AM -0700, Mark Stringham wrote:
> Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I could run a periodic mysql dump
> for a db that is hosted remotely - IE a web host. I do know that this host
> does not support crons.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.

  If you have access to a host that runs cron, run mysqldump with the -h
  option.

  i.e. mysqldump -hmysql.example.com -usomeuser -p database name

  Cheers!
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