MySQL Backup Script

CHMOD="$(which chmod)"
GZIP="$(which gzip)"
SUDO="$(which sudo)"

# Backup Dest directory, change this if you have someother location
DEST="/backup"

# Main directory where backup will be stored
MBD="$DEST/mysql"

# Get hostname
HOST="$(hostname)"

# Get data in dd-mm-yyyy format
NOW="$(date +"%d-%m-%Y")"

# File to store current backup file
FILE=""
# Store list of databases
DBS=""

# DO NOT BACKUP these databases
IGGY="test first_test"

[ ! -d $MBD ] && $SUDO mkdir -p $MBD || :

# Only root can access it!
$SUDO $CHOWN copfsadmin:copfsadmin -R $DEST
$SUDO $CHMOD -R 0777 $DEST

# Get all database list first
DBS="$($MYSQL -u $MyUSER -h $MyHOST -p$MyPASS -Bse 'show databases')"

for db in $DBS
do
skipdb=-1
if [ "$IGGY" != "" ];
then
for i in $IGGY
do
[ "$db" == "$i" ] && skipdb=1 || :
done
fi

if [ "$skipdb" == "-1" ] ; then
FILE="$MBD/$db.$HOST.$NOW.gz"
$MYSQLDUMP -u $MyUSER -h $MyHOST -p$MyPASS $db | $GZIP -9 > $FILE
fi
done