Comments on: Backing up and restoring all your MySQL databases with Ruby scripts http://infovore.org/archives/2008/08/15/backing-up-and-restoring-all-your-mysql-databases-with-ruby-scripts/ a weblog by Tom Armitage Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: James Stewart http://infovore.org/archives/2008/08/15/backing-up-and-restoring-all-your-mysql-databases-with-ruby-scripts/comment-page-1/#comment-100126 James Stewart Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:22:26 +0000 http://infovore.org/?p=1383#comment-100126 mysqldump has an optional --all-databases switch which will dump everything you have permissions for. It's pretty helpful on systems with small databases or plenty of RAM/CPU, but breaks down a bit once the dump files get huge. mysqldump has an optional –all-databases switch which will dump everything you have permissions for.

It’s pretty helpful on systems with small databases or plenty of RAM/CPU, but breaks down a bit once the dump files get huge.

]]> By: Stew http://infovore.org/archives/2008/08/15/backing-up-and-restoring-all-your-mysql-databases-with-ruby-scripts/comment-page-1/#comment-100115 Stew Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:13:56 +0000 http://infovore.org/?p=1383#comment-100115 Nice n' short. I like it. mysqlhotcopy instead of mysqldump would be much faster for larger databases. I guess you wouldn't get the human readable .sql files though. Nice n’ short. I like it.

mysqlhotcopy instead of mysqldump would be much faster for larger databases. I guess you wouldn’t get the human readable .sql files though.

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