Memo: mysqldump quick usage
Dump ALL MySQL Databases:
mysqldump --user=XXXXXXXX --password=XXXXXXX -A > /PATH/TO/DUMPFILE.SQL
Dump SOME databases:
Dump only certain tables from a MySQL Database:
Restore a database:
mysqldump --user=XXXXXXXX --password=XXXXXXX DB_NAME1 DB_NAME2 DB_NAME3 > /PATH/TO/DUMPFILE.SQL
Dump only certain tables from a MySQL Database:
mysqldump --user=XXXXXXXX --password=XXXXXXXX DB_NAME --tables TABLE_NAME > /PATH/TO/DUMPFILE.SQL
Restore a database:
mysql --user=XXXXXXXX --password=XXXXXXXX DB_NAME < /PATH/TO/DUMPFILE.SQL
note that the restore command run throught [mysql] command and not [mysqldump]




