MyUSER=""     # USERNAME
MyPASS=""       # PASSWORD
MyHOST="localhost"          # Hostname

# Backup Dest directory, change this if you have someother location
DEST="/backup"

# Main directory where backup will be stored
MBD="$DEST/mysql"

mkdir -p "$MBD"

# Get hostname
HOST="$(hostname)"

# Get data in dd-mm-yyyy format
NOW="$(date +"%d-%m-%Y")"

# File to store current backup file
FILE=""
# Store list of databases
DBS=""

# DO NOT BACKUP these databases
IGGY="information_schema"

# Only root can access it!
chown 0.0 -R "$DEST"
chmod 0600 "$DEST"

# Get all database list first
DBS="$("$MYSQL" -u "$MyUSER" -h "$MyHOST" -p "$MyPASS" -Bse 'show databases')"

for db in $DBS
do
    skipdb=-1
    if [ "$IGGY" != "" ];
    then
	for i in $IGGY
	do
	    [ "$db" == "$i" ] && skipdb=1 || :
		done
	fi

    if [ "$skipdb" == "-1" ] ; then
	FILE="$MBD/$db.$HOST.$NOW.tar"
	# do all inone job in pipe,
	# connect to mysql using mysqldump for select mysql database
	# and pipe it out to gz file in backup dir :)
      	"$MYSQLDUMP" -u "$MyUSER" -h "$MyHOST" -p "$MyPASS" "$db" | gzip -9 > "$FILE"
   fi
done

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#This will backup ones home directory to /backup then cp to /mnt/backup and tar it

#specify the username for the home directory you want to backup
userName=""

#user directory to backup
homeDirectory="/home/$userName"

#main backup directory
backupDestination="/backup"

#backup subdirectory
subDir="$backupDestination/homeBackup"

mkdir -p "$subDir"

#naming convention for files
fileName="$subDir/$userName.$NOW.tar"

#tars the file
gzip -9 "$fileName"