Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 316

Format Option File
--fields- fields-terminated-
terminated- by [300]
by=string [300]
--first- first-slave [300]
slave [300]
--flush- flush-logs [300]
logs [300]
--flush- flush-
privileges [301] privileges [301]
--help [298]
--hex-blob [301] hex-blob [301]
--host [301] host [301]
--ignore- ignore-
table=db_name.tbl_name [301] table [301]
--insert- insert-
ignore [301] ignore [301]
--lines-terminated- lines-terminated-
by=string [301] by [301]
--lock-all- lock-all-
tables [301] tables [301]
--lock- lock-tables [301]
tables [301]
--log- log-error [301]
error=file_name [301]
--master- master-
data[=value] [302] data [302]
-- max_allowed_packet The maximum packet length to send to or receive
max_allowed_packet=value
-- net_buffer_length [307]
net_buffer_length=value [307]
--no- no-
autocommit [303] autocommit [303]
--no-create- no-create-
db [303] db [303]
--no-create- no-create-
info [303] info [303]
--no-data [303] no-data [303]
--no-set- no-set-
names [303] names [303]
--opt [303] opt [303]
--order-by- order-by-
primary [303] primary [303]
— A Database Backup Program
mysqldump
Description
This option is used with the --tab option and has
the same meaning as the corresponding clause
for LOAD DATA INFILE
Deprecated; use --lock-all-tables instead
Flush the MySQL server log files before starting
the dump
Emit a FLUSH PRIVILEGES statement after
dumping the mysql database
Display help message and exit
Dump binary columns using hexadecimal notation
(for example, 'abc' becomes 0x616263)
Host to connect to (IP address or hostname)
Do not dump the given table
Write INSERT IGNORE statements rather than
INSERT statements
This option is used with the --tab option and has
the same meaning as the corresponding clause
for LOAD DATA INFILE
Lock all tables across all databases
Lock all tables before dumping them
Append warnings and errors to the named file
Write the binary log file name and position to the
output
from the server
The buffer size for TCP/IP and socket
communication
Enclose the INSERT statements for each dumped
table within SET autocommit = 0 and COMMIT
statements
This option suppresses the CREATE DATABASE
statements
Do not write CREATE TABLE statements that re-
create each dumped table
Do not dump table contents
Same as --skip-set-charset
Shorthand for --add-drop-table --add-locks --
create-options --disable-keys --extended-insert --
lock-tables --quick --set-charset.
Dump each table's rows sorted by its primary key,
or by its first unique index
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Introduced
5.0.42