Shell Script
 

I AM TRYING TO WRITE FOLLOWING SHELL SCRIPT TO TAKE THE BACKUP OF MY DATABASE...

#!/bin/sh
mysqldump -uroot -p --opt <dbname> > /data/backup/DB_Backup/<file>.sql
cd /data/backup/DB_Backup/
tar -zcvf sqldata.tgz *.sql

THE DUMP NAME OF FILE THAT IS BEING CREATED IS <file>.sql? ..
I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS LEADING "?" IS COMING..
I GET FOLLOWING ERROR...
I ALSO DONT UNDERSTAND WHY "NO SUCH FILE / DIRECTORY' ERRO IS COMING..

[root@console]# sh /data/test.sh
Enter password:
: No such file or directory/data/backup/DB_Backup/
tar: *.sql: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

if /data/backup/DB_Backup/ doesn't already exist, then your script won't work.
You should create that directory before running the script, or add something like this to the beginning of the script:

backup_dir=/data/backup/DB_Backup
if [ ! -d "$backup_dir" ]; then
mkdir -p "$backup_dir"
fi

double-dose... :eek:

data/backup/DB_Backup
 

data/backup/DB_Backup
already created!!!
but still the same error

check the ownerships/permissions on that dir. The backup script must be able to see/write to it.

it's apparently being run as root, so permissions shouldn't be a problem.

in the script you said the directory was /data/backup/DB_Backup (note the first slash)
and in your more recent post you said data/backup/DB_Backup already created. Is this a typo, or are you talking about two different paths? The second one would be a subdirectory of the current working directory...the first one is a full path starting at root.