Re: [PHP] mysqldump

At 11:45 AM -0700 8/17/10, Mari Masuda wrote:
>Actually,
>
>	mysqldump -u user -p password database_name > outfile.sql
>
>is also the incorrect command.  When providing the password in the 
>command, there should not be a space between the "-p" and the actual 
>password.  Try
>
>	mysqldump -u user -ppassword database_name > outfile.sql
>
>and see if that gets you anywhere.

Bingo -- that worked.

It's interesting that a space is optional between -u and user, but 
required to be absent between -p and password. Seems not symmetrical 
to me.

Many thanks.

Cheers,

tedd
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