[mythtv-users] mythconverg_backup.pl vs. mysqldump

John Pilkington J.Pilk at tesco.net
Sun Jul 16 09:56:54 UTC 2017


On 16/07/17 09:34, Stefan Davids wrote:
> On 15/07/17 15:27, DryHeat122 . wrote:
>> Something has gone seriously wrong with an older version of mythbuntu
>> (12.04) on my machine, so I am planning to start over with the latest
>> version.  So I tried to use mythconverg_backup.pl
>> <http://mythconverg_backup.pl>.  It ran, but created a zero-byte file.
>> I suspect this has something to do with the malfunction on the current
>> installation.  Is there any difference between using this script and
>> doing a mysqldump of mythconverg?  If so what do I need to do to
>> manually back up all the DB info needed to restore on the new install?
> 
> Are you absolutely sure the password is right for connecting to the 
> database for the user you're running the command as.  Try running it 
> with --verbose.
> 
> A quickly produced zero byte file is exactly what I get when 
> ~/.mythtv/config.xml has the wrong user/password and there's no warning 
> unless you run it with --verbose.
> 
> Stefan

... and with an older version it might be mysql.txt



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