Re: Need to archive a MySQL database using a python script

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On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:17:24 -0700 (PDT), bruceg113355@gmail.com
declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:

> Python Users Group,
> 
> I need to archive a MySQL database using a python script.
> I found a good example at: https://gist.github.com/3175221
> 
> The following line executes however, the archive file is empty.
> 
> os.popen("mysqldump -u %s -p%s -h %s -e --opt -c %s | gzip -c > %s.gz" %
>                (user,password,host,database,database+"_"+filestamp))

	Well, First start might be to update from the old os.popen to
subprocess.Popen

	Then I'd suggest working in pieces... Don't do the pipe/gzip part,
just see if the dump is creating a file first.
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Need to archive a MySQL database using a python script bruceg113355@gmail.com - 2012-09-25 16:17 -0700
  Re: Need to archive a MySQL database using a python script Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-25 21:04 -0400
  Re: Need to archive a MySQL database using a python script Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-09-26 13:50 +0200

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