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+BACKUP_FOLDER=/root/backup
+EXPORT_FOLDER=/root/export
+TARGET_FOLDER=/backup
+DATA_FOLDER=/root/git/home
+MYSQL_CONTAINER_NAME=mysql
+MYSQL_USER=root
+MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret