#!/bin/sh case "$1" in start) # stop before starting mysql cp -Rp /var/lib/mysql /tmp/var_lib_mysql mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /var/lib/mysql -o size=256m cd /tmp/var_lib_mysql cp -Rp * /var/lib/mysql/ cd / rm -rf /tmp/var_lib_mysql ;; stop) # stop after stopping mysql umount /var/lib/mysql ;; *) echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop}" >&2 exit 3 ;; esac