Jerry,

Just a suggestion. Why not just use the Scheduled Backup feature found in MySQL Administrator?

Dennis

>I'm using VFP with MySQL database.
>
>i want to run the backup from the app.
>the command is:
>
>

>cd C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin
>mysqldump –u myoffice –pkompa mydata > data.sql
>

>
>how can I put them in the VFP
>
>thanks for the help.
>
>regards,
>
>Jerry