database backup and archiving/removal

[Auron]

l was trying to use crontabs.

crontab - e

and edit thigns in like you would in cpanels based cron area..

the weird thing is the damn file wouldnt save giving me errors saying it wouldnt install >_<, l'll see what my host comes up with as a last ditch effort as to why the damn thing wont work if not l'll look for the cron.daily and weekly ones as those are all l need.

l take it the format is pretty much the same eg: ****** /command/to/run

and the method of editing and saving is the same too.

--------------- Added [DATE]1211629791[/DATE] at [TIME]1211629791[/TIME] ---------------

Originally Posted by snakes1100

Well, a 200mb db shouldnt have any issue exporting, so i would say its your script.

As i said, i would just set up a cron in /etc/cron.daily and quit using the php based script.

lm using that script because it does all the databases, and its the only method l found which doesnt require me to make 9 crons (l have 9 different forums to backup along with their gallerys which is 2 dbs each)