How to Backup/Restore MySQL database with mysqldump command
Mysqldump is an effective tool to backup MySQL database. It creates an .sql file with DROP table, CREATE table and INSERT into sql-statements of the source database. 1. To back up a database, use the command as below: #mysqldump -u db_username -p [database_name] > dumpfilename.sql Key in the password when requested. 2. To restore a