Database backup script (table structure and data)

  A full backup of the database table structure and data:

#!/bin/bash

FILE=$(date "+%Y%m%d%H%M%S").sql
GZFILE=$FILE.tar.gz

cd sql_dump

mysqldump -uUSER -hHOST -p DBNAME > $FILE
tar -zcf $GZFILE $FILE

du -h $GZFILE
rm -f $FILE