Export database via Drush

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Submitted 7 years 6 months ago by peter.

From the command line, go to your sites/default folder or user drush aliases and type:

#from sites/default
drush sql-dump > backup_file_name-$(date +"%m-%d-%Y-%H-%M-%S").sql
 
#with drush aliases @sitename
drush @sitename sql-dump > backup_file_name-$(date +"%m-%d-%Y-%H-%M-%S").sql

Category:

Drupal Bash

Drupal Version:

6 7 8

Drupal Category:

Database/SQL Drush