diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+echo "Backing up nextcloud DB"
+DIR=$(dirname $0)
+cd $DIR
+out="backups/mysqldump_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M).sql.gz"
+. .env
+docker-compose exec db mysqldump --all-databases -u root -p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD | gzip > $out
+ls -lh $out
+echo "Done"
+cd -