Sometimes it’s easier to just drop to the command line then browse for fancy tools like phpMyAdmin. This is useful, especially for quick jobs.
mysqldump -u user -ppassword your_database > database_backup.sql
Of course you need to replace:
user – mysql username
password – the password
your_database – the database you want to backup
Adding -h host.domain.com would allow to backup...
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As you know Linux does not use drive letters like Windows does. All files are organized under a big tree hierarchy. We use the mount command to mount partitions and this is the same...
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I tried running Windows 7 on a machine that had a Creative Sound Blaster Live 5.1 card inside. Since the 5.1 is a decent card I see no reason to replace it just because...
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The command ls can be made to show directories and permission but it will not display directory sizes. Then it’s time for other commands....
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This is something useful: code to wake up a machine on lan using python. Since python is available on most devices now (symbian, maeom,...
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Thinking of a memory upgrade? An operating system upgrade? Here’s a table from msdn stating the limits imposed by 32 and 64 bit editions...
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If you run an online business like an e-store or something similar you might want to show a button showing if your are available...
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This is a growing list of DNS servers. I consul it from time to time maybe you’ll find it usefull too.
I also maintain a...
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This is a growing list of Open DNS servers available around the world.
I also maintain a list of ip address of various isp providers.
Google...
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