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Local backup of wordpress files and mysql db, using tar and mysqldump

Wrote a quick script to make a copy of files + db

#!/bin/bash

cd /srv/www/wordpress
tar -zcvf ~/backup-$(date +"%Y%m%d").tar.gz *
cd
ls backup-*
sudo mysqldump -u root --password="<insert password>" wordpress > ./mysql-$(date +"%Y%m%d").backup
ls mysql-*

Author AdrianPosted on August 31, 2023September 4, 2023Categories Linux, Website, WordpressTags bash, date, mysql, mysqldump, tarLeave a comment on Local backup of wordpress files and mysql db, using tar and mysqldump

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