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Am trying to backup my databases through the terminal in Ubuntu using the mysqldump command and it's successful , but where does it place the backed up databases ?

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By default it does it to the console. You need to redirect the output to a file if you need to save it.

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I run the command like this "$ mysqldump -h localhost -u username - p database_name > back_up_db.sql" but have no idea where "back_up_db.sql " is stored. – Opolot Jerry Collins Mar 1 '11 at 10:54
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In this case, in the same directory as you ran the command – JohnC Mar 1 '11 at 11:04
It is stored in your current directory. After you run the command, do $ pwd. That will tell you which directory you're in. – Novikov Mar 1 '11 at 11:05
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Usually you use mysql dump like this

mysqldump -h host -u user -ppassword dbname > dumpfile

So the output is whatever file you redirect output to. The output file will contain instructions that will rebuild the database from scratch, including the schema, if your run it on a new install like so.

mysql -h host -u user -ppassword dbname < dumpfile

Here's wiki on IO redirection

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It should also be noted that the mysqldump command also has a switch for a destination file.

--result-file=file_name, -r file_name
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