Crontab Jobs

[LoneStarr]

I have been reading about crontab on a few threads. I want to set up a daily backup using mysqldump.

Does anyone know of a good reference where I can read about the whole process? I just need someone to point me in the right direction. I understand the crontab syntax to set up a script to run, I guess I am just confused as to what kind of script I should be writing, how it will be processed, etc.

Thanks!!!

[dotwebbie]

after your crontab job settings, any reason why mysqldump -u username -ppasswordhere dbname > nameofsqlfile.sql
Won't work? Yes, that's correct, no space between -p and passwordhere.

[LoneStarr]

Yes that did it. Thank you!

[dotwebbie]

No problem. Glad I could help.