Shell Script. Finish mysql dump before continuing script

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So I am trying to make a basic database backup script. It uses mysqldump and puts the data in a .sql file, which is then uploaded to dropbox.

My question is, how can I make sure the dump is finished before the upload starts?

mysqldump -u root -p<password> <database> > $DBFILE
dropbox_uploader.sh upload $DBFILE

Will it automatically wait for the dump to end, or do I need to make a while loop? If the latter is the case, how do you go about that?

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-15 02:28:40Z

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In general, programs under *nix wait until completion before returning (though there are exceptions to this, mostly GUI applications). mysqldump follows this, therefore you do not have to do anything.

answered Jul 15, 2013 at 2:28

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