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Thursday, April 12, 2012

How to get mysql Database dump and restore database


1.You can use following commands for taking mysql dump in .sql format
go to /var/lib/mysql

search for the database whose dump you want.

ls -l | grep database_name

mysqldump database_name > database.sql

2. If the mysql dumpis available and you want to restore that you need to use following command for that

cd /var/lib/mysql

check the database name where you want to restore the mysqldump
ls -l | grep database_name

mysql database_name < database.sql


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