MySQL Backup using mysqldump Creating a backup of a database or table
Example
Create a snapshot of a whole database:
mysqldump [options] db_name > filename.sql
Create a snapshot of multiple databases:
mysqldump [options] --databases db_name1 db_name2 ... > filename.sql
mysqldump [options] --all-databases > filename.sql
Create a snapshot of one or more tables:
mysqldump [options] db_name table_name... > filename.sql
Create a snapshot excluding one or more tables:
mysqldump [options] db_name --ignore-table=tbl1 --ignore-table=tbl2 ... > filename.sql
The file extension .sql is fully a matter of style. Any extension would work.
