Mysql backing up and restoring a database
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Backing up a mysql database
Following example will backup a database called wikidb to a file /home/backup/wikidbbackup02152009-13:34.dump
mysqldump -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD --default-character-set=latin1 wikidb -c > /home/backup/wikidbbackup`date +%d%m%Y-%H:%M`.dump
Restore a mysql database
If the database do not exist in mysql, first create an empty database
mysqladmin -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD create DATABASE
Restore the database from a mysqldump file
mysql -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD wikidb < /home/backup/wikidbbackup02152009-13:34.dump