2 messages in com.mysql.lists.win32Dump to backup_file_today
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Kostas M Kutrakis17 Aug 2000 09:18 
Markus Hoenicka17 Aug 2000 09:45 
Subject:Dump to backup_file_today
From:Kostas M Kutrakis (sim@her.forthnet.gr)
Date:08/17/2000 09:18:15 AM
List:com.mysql.lists.win32

Hi,

I need to put a date stamp on backup files when using mysqldump on a scheduled basis:

mysqldump --opt db_name > backup_file_2000-8-17 then mysqldump --opt db_name > backup_file_2000-8-18 etc

Any ideas how I can produce the date part of the backup file?

Thanks, Kostas