Backup a MySQL db with logrotate

File: /etc/logrotate.d/mydb-backup.conf

/home/sleddog/mydb/dump.sql {
    daily
    rotate 14
    compress
    nocreate
    postrotate
        /usr/bin/mysqldump my_db > /home/sleddog/mydb/dump.sql || true
    endscript
}

Now rsync the dir to a remote location for geographic redundancy :)