Command to backup:
mysqldump databaseName backupFilename.sql
Where mysqldump
is the command, databaseName
is the name of the database and backupFilename
is the name of the file in which the data will be backed up.
In case you want to backup multiple databases, you can use the command:
mysqldump --databases databaseName1 databaseName2 backupFilename.sql
Command to restore:
mysql-prompt use databaseName
mysql-prompt source backupFilename.sql
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