The script mike uses to run backups on the koha database

misc/backup.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+# Script to create daily backups of the Koha database.
+# Based on a script by John Pennington
+KOHA_DATE=`date '+%y%m%d'`
+KOHA_DUMP=/tmp/koha-$KOHA_DATE.dump
+KOHA_BACKUP=/tmp/koha-$KOHA_DATE.dump.gz
+
+mysqldump -u koha -ppassword koha > $KOHA_DUMP &&
+gzip -f $KOHA_DUMP &&
+# Creates the dump file and compresses it;
+# -u is the Koha user, -p is the password for that user.
+# The -f switch on gzip forces it to overwrite the file if one exists.
+
+mv $KOHA_BACKUP /home/kohaadmin &&
+chown kohaadmin.users /home/kohaadmin/koha-$KOHA_DATE.dump.gz &&
+chmod 600 /home/kohaadmin/koha-$KOHA_DATE.dump.gz &&
+# Makes the compressed dump file property of the kohaadmin user.
+# Make sure that you replace kohaadmin with a real user.
+
+echo "$KOHA_BACKUP was successfully created." | mail kohaadmin -s $KOHA_BACKUP ||
+echo "$KOHA_BACKUP was NOT successfully created." | mail kohaadmin -s $KOHA_BACKUP
+# Notifies kohaadmin of (un)successful backup creation
+# EOF