Looking at the code: https://github.com/heybigname/backup-manager/blob/master/src/Integrations/Laravel/DbBackupCommand.php it would seem that confirmation is only asked when not all required fields are filled. You seem to be missing destinationPath Otherwise create an issue in that repo.

Damn, I see it. Now I only would like to know how to create dynamic filenames.. any idea on this?

Hmm, not really. You could off course use a bash script or something to automate this. You could also check out https://github.com/indatus/dispatcher where you can schedule cronjobs with Laravel, so I guess you could just schedule a job where you set the arguments and call the command.

Yeah totally depends on how your running the script. I use dispatcher (link above) and love it.

But if your using crontab you can always set a variable and use that. For example I use the following for my old backup script TIMESTAMP=$(date +"%F") then call it in the generation command. See below the old script I used for usage and example;

#! /bin/bash

TIMESTAMP=$(date +"%F")
BACKUP_DIR="$HOME/mysql-backup/$TIMESTAMP"

echo "Starting backup at $TIMESTAMP"
echo ""
echo "Backup DIR: $BACKUP_DIR"
echo ""

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"

databases=$(mysql -e "SHOW DATABASES;" | grep -Ev "(Database|information_schema)")

for db in $databases; do
  mysqldump --force --opt --databases $db | gzip > "$BACKUP_DIR/$db.gz"
  echo "Backup created: $BACKUP_DIR/$db.gz"
done


echo "Done!"
echo ""

I am using laravel forge.

That should support cronjobs + that package.

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