> Is there any way *from the command line* to get a dump of a mysql > table and > have it saved to a local file, instead of standard output from running mysqldump --help -r, --result-file=... Direct output to a given file. This option should be used in MSDOS, because it prevents new line '\n' from being converted to '\n\r' (newline + carriage return). So... mysqldump -ulogin -p -rfile.sql database [tables] Or on a 'nix box just use > to pipe it to a file. mysqldump -ulogin -p database [tables] > file.sql Assuming 'login' is your username and you want to be prompted for a password. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php