v2.4

Author: brettwilcox

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 2.4 - (2006-01-23)
+- Fixed bug where weekly backups were not being rotated. (fix by wolf02)
+- Added hour an min to backup filename for the case where backups are taken multiple times in a day. 
+  NOTE This is not complete support for mutiple executions of the script in a single day.
+- Added MAILCONTENT="quiet" option, see docs for details. (requested by snowsam)
+- Updated path statment for compatibility with OSX.
+- Added "LATEST" to additionally store the last backup to a standard location. (request by Grant29)
+
 ## 2.3 - (2005-11-07)
 - Better error handling and notification of errors (a long time coming).
 - Compression on Backup server to MySQL server communications.

README.md

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ You can change the backup storage location from `/backups` to anything you like
 
 The `MAILCONTENT` and `MAILADDR` options and pretty self explanitory, use these to have the backup log mailed to you at any email address or multiple email addresses in a space seperated list.
 
-> **Note:** If you set mail content to "log" you will require access to the "mail" program on your server. If you set this to "files" you will have to have mutt installed on your server. If you set it sto stdout it will log to the screen if run from the console or to the cron job owner if run through cron.
+> **Note:** If you set mail content to "log" you will require access to the "mail" program on your server. If you set this to "files" you will have to have mutt installed on your server. If you set it to "stdout" it will log to the screen if run from the console or to the cron job owner if run through cron. If you set it to "quiet". logs will only be mailed if there are errors reported.
 
 ### Email Size
 
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ To set the day of the week that you would like the weekly backup to happen set t
 
 `COMMCOMP` is used to enable or diable mysql client to server compression, so it is useful to save bandwidth when backing up a remote MySQL server over the network.
 
+### Latest Backup
+
+`LATEST` is to store an additional copy of the latest backup to a standard location so it can be downloaded by thrid party scripts.
+
 ### Pre-Backup and Post-Backup Scripts
 
 Use `PREBACKUP` and `POSTBACKUP` to specify Per and Post backup commands or scripts to perform tasks either before or after the backup process.

automysqlbackup.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 # MySQL Backup Script
-# VER. 2.3 - http://sourceforge.net/projects/automysqlbackup/
+# VER. 2.4 - http://sourceforge.net/projects/automysqlbackup/
 # Copyright (c) 2002-2003 [email protected]
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ BACKUPDIR="/backups"
 # - log   : send only log file
 # - files : send log file and sql files as attachments (see docs)
 # - stdout : will simply output the log to the screen if run manually.
+# - quiet : Only send logs if an error occurs to the MAILADDR.
 MAILCONTENT="stdout"
 
 # Set the maximum allowed email size in k. (4000 = approx 5MB email [see docs])
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ COMP=gzip
 # Compress communications between backup server and MySQL server?
 COMMCOMP=no
 
+# Additionally keep a copy of the most recent backup in a seperate directory.
+LATEST=no
+
 # Command to run before backups (uncomment to use)
 #PREBACKUP="/etc/mysql-backup-pre"
 
@@ -111,8 +115,9 @@ COMMCOMP=no
 # email addresses in a space seperated list.
 # (If you set mail content to "log" you will require access to the "mail" program
 # on your server. If you set this to "files" you will have to have mutt installed
-# on your server. If you set it sto stdout it will log to the screen if run from 
-# the console or to the cron job owner if run through cron)
+# on your server. If you set it to "stdout" it will log to the screen if run from 
+# the console or to the cron job owner if run through cron. If you set it to "quiet"
+# logs will only be mailed if there are errors reported. )
 #
 # MAXATTSIZE sets the largest allowed email attachments total (all backup files) you
 # want the script to send. This is the size before it is encoded to be sent as an email
@@ -169,6 +174,9 @@ COMMCOMP=no
 # it is useful to save bandwidth when backing up a remote MySQL server over
 # the network. 
 #
+# LATEST is to store an additional copy of the latest backup to a standard
+# location so it can be downloaded bt thrid party scripts.
+#
 # Use PREBACKUP and POSTBACKUP to specify Per and Post backup commands
 # or scripts to perform tasks either before or after the backup process.
 #
@@ -221,6 +229,14 @@ COMMCOMP=no
 # Change Log
 #=====================================================================
 #
+# VER 2.4 - (2006-01-23)
+#    Fixed bug where weekly backups were not being rotated. (Fix by wolf02)
+#    Added hour an min to backup filename for the case where backups are taken multiple
+#    times in a day. NOTE This is not complete support for mutiple executions of the script
+#    in a single day.
+#    Added MAILCONTENT="quiet" option, see docs for details. (requested by snowsam)
+#    Updated path statment for compatibility with OSX.
+#    Added "LATEST" to additionally store the last backup to a standard location. (request by Grant29)
 # VER 2.3 - (2005-11-07)
 #    Better error handling and notification of errors (a long time coming)
 #    Compression on Backup server to MySQL server communications. 
@@ -304,14 +320,14 @@ COMMCOMP=no
 #=====================================================================
 #=====================================================================
 #=====================================================================
-PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
-DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`				# Datestamp e.g 2002-09-21
+PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin 
+DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d_%Hh%Mm`				# Datestamp e.g 2002-09-21
 DOW=`date +%A`							# Day of the week e.g. Monday
 DNOW=`date +%u`						# Day number of the week 1 to 7 where 1 represents Monday
 DOM=`date +%d`							# Date of the Month e.g. 27
 M=`date +%B`							# Month e.g January
 W=`date +%V`							# Week Number e.g 37
-VER=2.3									# Version Number
+VER=2.4									# Version Number
 LOGFILE=$BACKUPDIR/$DBHOST-`date +%N`.log		# Logfile Name
 LOGERR=$BACKUPDIR/ERRORS_$DBHOST-`date +%N`.log		# Logfile Name
 BACKUPFILES=""
@@ -344,6 +360,14 @@ if [ ! -e "$BACKUPDIR/monthly" ]	# Check Monthly Directory exists.
 	mkdir -p "$BACKUPDIR/monthly"
 fi
 
+if [ "$LATEST" = "yes" ]
+then
+	if [ ! -e "$BACKUPDIR/latest" ]	# Check Latest Directory exists.
+	then
+		mkdir -p "$BACKUPDIR/latest"
+	fi
+eval rm -fv "$BACKUPDIR/latest/*"
+fi
 
 # IO redirection for logging.
 touch $LOGFILE
@@ -380,6 +404,9 @@ elif [ "$COMP" = "bzip2" ]; then
 else
 	echo "No compression option set, check advanced settings"
 fi
+if [ "$LATEST" = "yes" ]; then
+	cp $1$SUFFIX "$BACKUPDIR/latest/"
+fi	
 return 0
 }
 
@@ -485,7 +512,7 @@ echo ======================================================================
 			else
 				REMW=`expr $W - 5`
 			fi
-		eval rm -fv "$BACKUPDIR/weekly/$DB/week.$REMW.*" 
+		eval rm -fv "$BACKUPDIR/weekly/$DB_week.$REMW.*" 
 		echo
 			dbdump "$DB" "$BACKUPDIR/weekly/$DB/${DB}_week.$W.$DATE.sql"
 			compression "$BACKUPDIR/weekly/$DB/${DB}_week.$W.$DATE.sql"
@@ -602,6 +629,13 @@ then
 		then
 			cat "$LOGERR" | mail -s "ERRORS REPORTED: MySQL Backup error Log for $HOST - $DATE" $MAILADDR
 	fi	
+elif [ "$MAILCONTENT" = "quiet" ]
+then
+	if [ -s "$LOGERR" ]
+		then
+			cat "$LOGERR" | mail -s "ERRORS REPORTED: MySQL Backup error Log for $HOST - $DATE" $MAILADDR
+			cat "$LOGFILE" | mail -s "MySQL Backup Log for $HOST - $DATE" $MAILADDR
+	fi
 else
 	if [ -s "$LOGERR" ]
 		then