Backing up MySQL

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Backup 

#### wiki.sh
 
# where is the app
WIKI_HOME=/opt/docroot/mwiki
 
DB_FILE=$BACKUP_PATH/$DS\_mwikidb_db.gz
APP_FILE=$BACKUP_PATH/$DS\_mwikidb_app.tgz
 
echo 'DB FILE ' $DB_FILE
echo 'APP FILE ' $APP_FILE
 
# backup  db
/usr/bin/mysqldump -u backup mwikidb|gzip >$DB_FILE
 
 
# backup app directory
tar czf $APP_FILE -C $WIKI_HOME .

Restore 

gunzip<dumps/2010_03_19_02_51_46_wiki_db.gz|mysql -u bu_user -pbuPass mwikidb
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