Make the dir's in opt
mkdir /opt/mysqlbup
mkdir /opt/mysqlbup/mysql


copy the two shell scripts to the opt dir.


schedule a cron job.
crontab -e
paste the lines below.
cleaner cleans files older than 7 days.


# mysqlbup.sh runs nightly at 7
# mysqlcleaner.sh runs nightly at 8

0 19 * * * sh /opt/mysqlbup/mysqlbup.sh
0 20 * * * sh /opt/mysqlbup/mysqlcleaner.sh


check and make sure they are running.