[Kamern]

I'm getting the same error as a previous poster, it isn't giving me a reason for an error, but it isn't backing up. Fresh install, by the way.


I fixed the problem by using "././backups/" instead of "../../backups/"

[MrDeath]

Originally Posted by VedicJunction

that i already did... let me explain it more clearly...

my backup folder is /home/xxxx/forum_backup/

now inside that forum_backup folder i have several folders
forum_backup/2009-08-31/Form-2009-08-31-full-backup.sql
forum_backup/2009-09-01/Form-2009-09-01-full-backup.sql
forum_backup/2009-09-02/Form-2009-09-02-full-backup.sql

so you can see that every day a new folder is created of that particular date... Creating new folder for each backup make sense when you are NOT using combined files...

so what i want is the all the backup files should go into the forum_backup folder and do not create separate folder for each date..

thanks!!

Hi Paul!,, since i cannot wait for the next version of the mod, i tried to patch the mod with this option... .... i thought of uploading my modifications so that other ppl can benefit.. hope you dont mind...

i have added two options :

IF you choose to "COMBINE FILES" Then:-

1. All the backups now goes into a single backup dir.
2. If on Linux... then you also have a option to produce a compressed .gz file.

Installation :

1. install the original mod.
2. replace mysqlbackup.php with the attached one.
3. Uninstall the product.
4. Re-import the product with the attached xml file.

Important info..
1. the relative path do not work for me... i used full path (/home/sdadsf/backup/)
2. Do not use this if you do not want to combine your files..
3. I am not a php programmer .. so use it at your own risk.!!

[Paul M]

Actually, Ive already fixed it locally to put combined files in the root folder, just not released it atm. I might look at the compress feature as well, since a number of requests have been made for it.

[creative-friend]

So This will defo do my mysql backup??

[Paul M]

Thats a somewhat vague question, can you be more specific please.

[creative-friend]

can you please tell me....how am i gonna find out that my data base has been backuped??

i dont have idea how to use this Mod...please help me...

[EidolonAH]

I so often forget to back-up each day, this is a fantastic mod, thank you very much for this.

[mcyates]

How long does this take, i clicked run now from the shedule menu and its been running for 10 min, can't access the forum either because of a database error which I don't know what it is. My database is only 330meg in size.

I put it to lock the forum, repair and close the forum. Surely I shouldn't be getting a database error?

[Paul M]

To backup 330M shouldnt take more than a minute or two.

I cant comment on any database error unless you post the actual error.

[mcyates]

the server was playing up, but i can't seem to get the file location correct. Think i'm being stupid.

[Paul M]

Not much a can say to that

[Joe2288]

I'm also getting the error

An error occured during the Backup :

My backup path is ././backups/ and it does create folders with the current date when I manually start the process but nothing else.

Any ideas?

[Paul M]

././backups/ should really be ./backups/

You need to check folder permissions.

[Joe2288]

I have folder permission set at 777 and as I mentioned it does create subfolders with the current date so I think the permission is set correctly.

I changed the path to ./backups/ still the same error.

[Joe2288]

Ok, I checked a little further into this problem. It does have something to do with permissions.
Folder /backups/ permission is 0777 owner me
Folder /backups/2009-09-17 permission 0777 owner www-data ... does this matter?

So I went on and edited mysqlbackup.php in order to remove the creation of folder as this is somehow creating the problem for me ....

// Cron Based Automated Backup
function cronBackup()
{
/*
Set Full Dump Path.
*/
//$this->FULL_PATH = $this->DUMP_PATH.$this->DATE.'/'.$this->PREFIX.$this->DATE;
$this->FULL_PATH = $this->DUMP_PATH.'/'.$this->PREFIX.$this->DATE;

/* Short Path */

//$this->SHORT_PATH = $this->DUMP_PATH.$this->DATE;
$this->SHORT_PATH = $this->DUMP_PATH;

/*
Close Forum.
*/
if ($this->SHUTDOWN) { $this->forumStatus(0); }

/*
Remove previous SQL Files.
*/
//$this->removeDir($this->SHORT_PATH);
//$this->createDir($this->SHORT_PATH);

/* Clear Cache */
clearstatcache();
..............
............

I no longer have dated folders, but it is working now.