[LUNI] Help with bash script

[Samir Faci]

and if you do, make sure you chmod the hell out of that file so no one
besides you can read it.

putting passwords in plain text always makes me nervous.
--
Samir

On 2/4/07, Constantin Gavrilescu <costi at rcn.com> wrote:
> Stephen Boulet wrote:
> > I'd like to write a script to backup my important linux files to my
> > macintosh:
> >
> >   rm -f tracks.sql mahler_backup.tar.bz2
> >   mysqldump --add-drop-table  -u root -p --opt tracks > tracks.sql
> >   tar -cpfj mahler_backup.tar.bz2 /usr/local/share/moin tracks.sql
> >
> > The middle step needs for me to enter the password, and this is where
> > I get stuck ...
>
> Change the middle row into:
>
> mysqldump --add-drop-table  -u root -pyourpassword --opt tracks >
> tracks.sql
>
> Where you replace yourpassword with your password :) You may chmod 700
> the script for some (false) sense of security.
>
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