v2.5.1

Author: brettwilcox

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 2.5.1 - (2010-07-04)
+- Added support for default and optional config file. (by Johannes Kolter)
+- Rotating after backup was successful whith find(1). (by Johannes Kolter)
+- Implementation of Variables containing full path to binaries to avoid possibly confusion with aliases or builtins. (by Johannes Kolter)
+- Fixed bug where weekly backups were not being rotated.
+- Added rotation of 5 monthly backups
+- Now all old backups are deleted, not only the most recent one. (inspired by [email protected])
+- Use Debian special-file to access database (by Johannes Kolter)
+- Fixed bug ID: 1438565
+- Moved IO redirection to a place before decicions are made and actions are taken. (inspired by Derk Bernhardt)
+- Fixed bug ID: 3000316 (reported by Sascha Feldhorst)
+- Fixed bug ID: 1529458 (reported by Natalie (njwood))
+- Fixed bug ID: 1548919 (reported by Piotr Kuczynski)
+
 ## 2.5 - (2006-01-15)
 - Added support for setting MAXIMUM_PACKET_SIZE and SOCKET parameters. (suggested by Yvo van Doorn)
 

README.md

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 ### Authentication
 
-Set `USERNAME` and `PASSWORD` of a user that has at least `SELECT` permission to `ALL` databases.
+Set `USERNAME` and `PASSWORD` of a user that has the appropriate permissions to backup ALL databases. (*See mysql documentation for details*)
+
+If USERNAME is set to "debian" and PASSWORD is unset or "" obtain them from the file /etc/mysql/debian.cnf
+
+- First command line option "-c" for configfile
+- Interpretable Exit-States:
+    1. given configfile is not readable or does not exist
+    2. unknown option
 
 ### Target Server to Backup
 
@@ -111,7 +118,7 @@ Use `PREBACKUP` and `POSTBACKUP` to specify Per and Post backup commands or scri
 
 * **Daily** Backups are rotated weekly..
 * **Weekly** Backups are run by default on Saturday Morning when cron.daily scripts are run. Can be changed with `DOWEEKLY` setting. Weekly Backups are rotated on a 5 week cycle..
-* **Monthly** Backups are run on the 1st of the month. Monthly Backups are NOT rotated automatically...
+* **Monthly** Backups are run on the 1st of the month. Monthly Backups are rotated on a 5 month cycle.
 
 **Note:** It may be a good idea to copy Monthly backups offline or to another server..