!/bin/sh
Database info
DB_USER="USERNAMExxx"
DB_PASS="PASSWORDxxx"
DB_HOST="localhost"
DB_NAME="DBNAMExxx"
Others vars
BIN_DIR="/usr/bin" #the mysql bin path
BCK_DIR="/xxx/xxx/xxx" #the backup file directory
DATE=date +"%F %T"
#date+time
$BIN_DIR/mysqldump --opt -u$DB_USER -p$DB_PASS -h$DB_HOST $DB_NAME > $BCK_DIR/gnucash_db5_$DATE.sql