mysql dump help!

[Red Hope]

Hey y'all,
I've been fussing with the MySQL dump procedure to
backup my stuff. I'm on MySQL 5.0.41 and I have tried
so hard to get it to dump my files into .sql format
but my syntax is wrong, wrong, wrong.  lol  

I put below examples what I've been entering to get my
databases backed up. I always get an error or I get
locked into the "->" thing if I don't use the
semicolons. 

Any help would be awesome!
Thank you,
Lillian

Tried & Wrong
mysqldump -u root -ppassword test > test.sql
mysqldump -u root -ppassword test > test.sql;
mysqldump -u root -ppassword -databases test >
test.sql;





       
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