From: Tim Johnson Date: October 30 2012 6:16pm Subject: Re: Dumping drupal databases List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/228543 Message-Id: <20121030181648.GI371@mail.akwebsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii * Hassan Schroeder [121030 08:25]: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Tim Johnson wrote: > > > I might try cp -p -r, but need a second opinion. > > If you want to dump one or more databases, presumably you know > the name(s); just use the mysqldump utility. Copying files is not the > optimal way to save your data for most use cases. Hi Hassan : As you have probably noted, this thread has grown considerable and I did not post all issues in the OP, but the fact is: ** mysqldump, mysql, and phpmyadmin do not "see" the drupal DBs (presumably) because they are under a datadir that is not included in the my.cnf files that are being seached by mysql ** -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com