Depends how you want to restore things - we use it to just backup the 
/var/lib/mysql directories , but this means you have to restore the whole 
database at once to restore things (you can restore to another server and just 
select the data you want, as required of course).

James Wells
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-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Murphy [mailto:gayleard AT eircom DOT net] 
Sent: 12 November 2009 15:11
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Subject: [BackupPC-users] MySQL

What is the best way to use BackupPC to backup a MySQL database?

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