Need help on C# windows application mysql backup
I get this source code from one of the site, this program only work when the *.exe is located inside c:\program files\mysql\mysql server 5.0\bin. May i know how to change the setting so it works at any location?
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace Demo_System
{
public partial class frmBackupDB : Form
{
public frmBackupDB()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void frmBackupDB_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
DateTime backupTime = DateTime.Now;
int year = backupTime.Year;
int month = backupTime.Month;
int day = backupTime.Day;
int hour = backupTime.Hour;
int minute = backupTime.Minute;
int second = backupTime.Second;
int ms = backupTime.Millisecond;
String tmestr = backupTime.ToString();
tmestr = "C:\\" + year + "-" + month + "-" + day + "-" + hour + "-" + minute + ".sql";
StreamWriter file = new StreamWriter(tmestr);
ProcessStartInfo proc = new ProcessStartInfo();
string cmd = string.Format(@"-u{0} -p{1} -h{2} {3}", "root", "1234", "localhost", "testdb");
proc.FileName = "mysqldump";
proc.RedirectStandardInput = false;
proc.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
proc.Arguments = cmd;//"-u root -p smartdb > testdb.sql";
proc.UseShellExecute = false;
Process p = Process.Start(proc);
string res;
res = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
file.WriteLine(res);
p.WaitForExit();
file.Close();
}
catch (IOException ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Disk full or other IO error , unable to backup!");
}
}
}
}