Re: [webmin-l] DB backup

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 27/Nov/2006 00:15 Obantec Support wrote ..
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
> To: "Webmin users list" <web...@li...>
> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 7:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [webmin-l] DB backup
> 
> 
> > On 26/Nov/2006 03:44 Obantec Support wrote ..
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> what format is the backup file?
> >
> > Created by which module? :-)
> > They all use different formats .. for example, a MySQL backup is just
> a 
> > sequence
> > of SQL commands, a PostgreSQL backup can be SQL or in the DB's custom
> > format, and
> > a filesystem back is either a tar or ext3 dump file.
> >
> > - Jamie
> >
> Hi Jamie
> 
> MySQL backup. so i will tar.gz it up as its a bit big.

Good idea .. or you can use Webmin 1.309 or 1.310, which has an option to
gzip the backup file easily.

 - Jamie