installed it, great hack,,

makes life easier

is there a way to date the file as it does it,

i.e.: friday.sql... sat.sql.. sun.sql and so on

and overwrite the same file as it come to it i.e.: fri.sql will overwrite fri.sql

any thoughts on this

You should be able to change this line:

to this:

I haven't tested it but it should do it.

that did not work, it came up with 1.tar.gz

hmm... did you change it to a lower case L? It looks like a 1, but it should be a lower case L. I will test this out on my forums shortly.

I will try l (lower case L)

it looks like the number one to me (1)

I tryed it and it worked great, it created Sunday.sql

thanks for the help

cheers for that

Hmm, that shouldn't matter. It should still run the mysql dump. It did at my forums...

Can't wait for the update Brad! :D

You need to chmod the directory for the backup to 777. It timed out on me too when I had it chmoded it to 775. ;)

How about the day of the week and the date behind it? Like this:

Sunday-Mar_3_2004.tz?

EDIT: I figured it out. This is what I have now:

$cur_date = date('l-F_j_Y');

and the filename is:

Monday-March_8_2004.tar.gz

Works like a charm, Brad! Thank you, sir. ;)

Does my server need to run with 'Safe Mode' OFF for this to work?