require 'yaml'
require 'fileutils'

desc "takes db backup and stores it to /var/backups/timestamp.sql with"
  task :db_backup => :environment do
    production = YAML.load(File.read(File.join(RAILS_ROOT, "config/database.yml")))['production']
    db = production['database']
    username = production['username']
    password = production['password']
    t = Time.now
    filepath = "/var/backups/"
    filename = "acnm_#{Time.now.strftime('%b_%d_%Y').downcase}.sql"
    FileUtils.cd(filepath)
    %x{mysqldump #{db} > #{filename} -u #{username} -p#{password}}
    puts "====================================================="
    if File.exists?(filename)
      %x{tar -czf #{filename + ".tar.gz"} #{filename}}
      FileUtils.rm(filename)
      puts "Database dump successfully created"
    else
      puts "ERRORS while creating database dump"
    end
    puts "====================================================="
  end