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Ubuntu Terminal: Efficient Way to Copy Across a MySQL Database from One Server to Another

I often need to pull down a copy of a live MySQL database instance for development work on my local machine. Because my access to bandwidth is limited, I need to come up with the most efficient way of achieving this, and my method for achieving this is chronicled below – mainly so that I can refer to it when I forget! Continue reading

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Ubuntu: A Bash Script to Backup All MySQL Databases Running on a Server

The following bash script is written to automate the process of backing up all your various MySQL databases running on either a local or remote MySQL server, using the useful mysqldump utility to do the actual backups.
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