OVERVIEW
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mysqlblasy is a perl script for automatic silent mysql backups.
See 'mysqlblasy --help' for more information.

FEATURES
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* backup rotation to avoid disc overflow
* dump some or all databases from a database instance
* compress dumps (using gzip,bzip2,zip,tar)
* optimize tables
* syslog facility (only on unix-like system, not win32)
* unix style output (loglevels, errors to stderr)
* security: no shell on external commands!
* NO root privileges required
* NO external dependencies except Perl and MySQL
* designed for automation (for example cron)

DOCUMENTATION
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run `perldoc myqlblasy.pl`

REQUIREMENTS
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* Perl 5.6.1
* MySQL >= 3

INSTALL
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Simply drop the script where you want it to be and create a config file
(usually $HOME/.mysqlblasyrc)

NOTE
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This tool is only actively supported for Perl version > 5.8.3

OPERATING SYSTEMS
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mysqlblasy has been tested by myself or other people on the following platforms:
- Linux >= 2.2 (Debian/Ubuntu)
- Mac OS X >= 10.2 (mysql from fink.sf.net)
- Windows 2003

COMPETITION
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similar tools:
* http://www.mswanson.com/mybackup/
* http://freshmeat.net/projects/mysqlbackup/
* http://mysql-cbn.sourceforge.net/
* http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysqlhotcopy.html
anything I missed?

LICENSE
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see LICENSE