mysqldump

Backups MySQL databases.

See also mysql for restoring databases.

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• Create a backup (user will be prompted for a password):

mysqldump --user {user} --password {database_name} --result-file={path/to/file.sql}

• Backup a specific table redirecting the output to a file (user will be prompted for a password):

mysqldump --user {user} --password {database_name} {table_name} > {path/to/file.sql}

• Backup all databases redirecting the output to a file (user will be prompted for a password):

mysqldump --user {user} --password --all-databases > {path/to/file.sql}

• Backup all databases from a remote host, redirecting the output to a file (user will be prompted for a password):

mysqldump --host={(ip_or_hostname)} --user {user} --password --all-databases > ({path/to/file.sql}

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