... the neglected blog of
Larry Olin Horn.
Unless otherwise indicated, anything I've posted here is strictly my personal (probably ill-formed) opinion and should not be construed as representing any other person's or entity's views or positions on anything.
Backup is an essential responsibility that comes with owning a computer, but it is more honored in the breech than in practice.
Echoing what I said in MySQL Backups, some situations may require more elaborate techniques, but these scripts are “good enough” for my needs. I hope you find these scripts useful, and welcome [...]
Even if you consistently back up your filesystem, you should also back up your databases separately, using an appropriate tool to maintain their relational integrity and to provide for recovery independent of the filesystem.
MySQL is a pervasive, lightweight RDBMS that is used with popular applications such as Wordpress and Bugzilla. The mysqldump utility [...]
