Question

I work with MySQL Server 5.5 and I have a problem in extracting my database,this is how I used this command:

mysql> mysqldump -uroot -pkail mybase > C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\b 
in\base.sql; 

and this is the Error that I get:

ERROR: 
Unknown command '\P'. 
ERROR: 
Unknown command '\M'. 
ERROR: 
Unknown command '\M'. 
ERROR: 
Unknown command '\b'. 
Outfile disabled. 
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that 
corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'mysq 
dump -uroot -pkail mybase > C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin' at 
line 1 

how can I resolve the problem and thanks for any help 🙂

Answer 1

Mysqldump should not be executed from within MySQL. It is a separate command.

Exit the MySQL console and try it there.

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If you look in C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin, you’ll see mysql.exe, and you’ll also see mysqldump.exe. So mysqldump is a completely separate executable from mysql.exe, which is why you run it from the Windows command line, not from the MySQL console.