cardinal_pythonlib.tools.backup_mysql_database
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Command-line tool to back up a MySQL database to disk, via mysqldump.
- cardinal_pythonlib.tools.backup_mysql_database.cmdargs(mysqldump: str, username: str, password: str, database: str, verbose: bool, with_drop_create_database: bool, max_allowed_packet: str, hide_password: bool = False) List[str] [source]
Returns command arguments for a
mysqldump
call.- Parameters:
mysqldump¶ –
mysqldump
executable filenameusername¶ – user name
password¶ – password
database¶ – database name
verbose¶ – verbose output?
with_drop_create_database¶ – produce commands to
DROP
the database and recreate it?max_allowed_packet¶ – passed to
mysqldump
hide_password¶ – obscure the password (will break the arguments but provide a safe version to show the user)?
- Returns:
list of command-line arguments