On 8 Aug 2011, at 12:57, Jay Caines-Gooby wrote: > You can also use the --single-transaction option to mysqldump which > prevents it from locking up your app. I already am... https://github.com/airblade/mysql_s3_backup/blob/master/lib/mysql_s3_backup/mysql.rb#L31-37 Cheers, Andy ------- http://airbladesoftware.com