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diff --git a/client/mysqldump.c b/client/mysqldump.c
index 40e3e75cca2..dca8ecb7dfb 100644
--- a/client/mysqldump.c
+++ b/client/mysqldump.c
@@ -194,24 +194,24 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
"Do not dump any tablespace information.",
(uchar**) &opt_notspcs, (uchar**) &opt_notspcs, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0},
- {"add-drop-database", OPT_DROP_DATABASE, "Add a 'DROP DATABASE' before each create.",
+ {"add-drop-database", OPT_DROP_DATABASE, "Add a DROP DATABASE before each create.",
(uchar**) &opt_drop_database, (uchar**) &opt_drop_database, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0},
- {"add-drop-table", OPT_DROP, "Add a 'drop table' before each create.",
+ {"add-drop-table", OPT_DROP, "Add a DROP TABLE before each create.",
(uchar**) &opt_drop, (uchar**) &opt_drop, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0},
- {"add-locks", OPT_LOCKS, "Add locks around insert statements.",
+ {"add-locks", OPT_LOCKS, "Add locks around INSERT statements.",
(uchar**) &opt_lock, (uchar**) &opt_lock, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0},
{"allow-keywords", OPT_KEYWORDS,
"Allow creation of column names that are keywords.", (uchar**) &opt_keywords,
(uchar**) &opt_keywords, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
#ifdef __NETWARE__
- {"autoclose", OPT_AUTO_CLOSE, "Auto close the screen on exit for Netware.",
+ {"autoclose", OPT_AUTO_CLOSE, "Automatically close the screen on exit for Netware.",
0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
#endif
{"character-sets-dir", OPT_CHARSETS_DIR,
- "Directory where character sets are.", (uchar**) &charsets_dir,
+ "Directory for character set files.", (uchar**) &charsets_dir,
(uchar**) &charsets_dir, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"comments", 'i', "Write additional information.",
(uchar**) &opt_comments, (uchar**) &opt_comments, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
(uchar**) &opt_compatible_mode_str, (uchar**) &opt_compatible_mode_str, 0,
GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"compact", OPT_COMPACT,
- "Give less verbose output (useful for debugging). Disables structure comments and header/footer constructs. Enables options --skip-add-drop-table --skip-add-locks --skip-comments --skip-disable-keys --skip-set-charset",
+ "Give less verbose output (useful for debugging). Disables structure comments and header/footer constructs. Enables options --skip-add-drop-table --skip-add-locks --skip-comments --skip-disable-keys --skip-set-charset.",
(uchar**) &opt_compact, (uchar**) &opt_compact, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0},
{"complete-insert", 'c', "Use complete insert statements.",
@@ -235,14 +235,14 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
(uchar**) &create_options, (uchar**) &create_options, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"databases", 'B',
- "To dump several databases. Note the difference in usage; In this case no tables are given. All name arguments are regarded as databasenames. 'USE db_name;' will be included in the output.",
+ "Dump several databases. Note the difference in usage; in this case no tables are given. All name arguments are regarded as database names. 'USE db_name;' will be included in the output.",
(uchar**) &opt_databases, (uchar**) &opt_databases, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0},
#ifdef DBUG_OFF
- {"debug", '#', "This is a non-debug version. Catch this and exit",
+ {"debug", '#', "This is a non-debug version. Catch this and exit.",
0,0, 0, GET_DISABLED, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
#else
- {"debug", '#', "Output debug log", (uchar**) &default_dbug_option,
+ {"debug", '#', "Output debug log.", (uchar**) &default_dbug_option,
(uchar**) &default_dbug_option, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
#endif
{"debug-check", OPT_DEBUG_CHECK, "Check memory and open file usage at exit.",
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
{"default-character-set", OPT_DEFAULT_CHARSET,
"Set the default character set.", (uchar**) &default_charset,
(uchar**) &default_charset, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
- {"delayed-insert", OPT_DELAYED, "Insert rows with INSERT DELAYED; ",
+ {"delayed-insert", OPT_DELAYED, "Insert rows with INSERT DELAYED.",
(uchar**) &opt_delayed, (uchar**) &opt_delayed, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0},
{"delete-master-logs", OPT_DELETE_MASTER_LOGS,
@@ -272,16 +272,21 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
(uchar**) &extended_insert, (uchar**) &extended_insert, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"fields-terminated-by", OPT_FTB,
- "Fields in the textfile are terminated by ...", (uchar**) &fields_terminated,
- (uchar**) &fields_terminated, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+ "Fields in the output file are terminated by the given string.",
+ (uchar**) &fields_terminated, (uchar**) &fields_terminated, 0,
+ GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"fields-enclosed-by", OPT_ENC,
- "Fields in the importfile are enclosed by ...", (uchar**) &enclosed,
- (uchar**) &enclosed, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0 ,0, 0},
+ "Fields in the output file are enclosed by the given character.",
+ (uchar**) &enclosed, (uchar**) &enclosed, 0,
+ GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0 ,0, 0},
{"fields-optionally-enclosed-by", OPT_O_ENC,
- "Fields in the i.file are opt. enclosed by ...", (uchar**) &opt_enclosed,
- (uchar**) &opt_enclosed, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0 ,0, 0},
- {"fields-escaped-by", OPT_ESC, "Fields in the i.file are escaped by ...",
- (uchar**) &escaped, (uchar**) &escaped, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+ "Fields in the output file are optionally enclosed by the given character.",
+ (uchar**) &opt_enclosed, (uchar**) &opt_enclosed, 0,
+ GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0 ,0, 0},
+ {"fields-escaped-by", OPT_ESC,
+ "Fields in the output file are escaped by the given character.",
+ (uchar**) &escaped, (uchar**) &escaped, 0,
+ GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"first-slave", OPT_FIRST_SLAVE, "Deprecated, renamed to --lock-all-tables.",
(uchar**) &opt_lock_all_tables, (uchar**) &opt_lock_all_tables, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -293,7 +298,7 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
"in this case the logs will be flushed only once, corresponding "
"to the moment all tables are locked. So if you want your dump and "
"the log flush to happen at the same exact moment you should use "
- "--lock-all-tables or --master-data with --flush-logs",
+ "--lock-all-tables or --master-data with --flush-logs.",
(uchar**) &flush_logs, (uchar**) &flush_logs, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0},
{"flush-privileges", OPT_ESC, "Emit a FLUSH PRIVILEGES statement "
@@ -302,7 +307,7 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
"that depends on the data in the mysql database for proper restore. ",
(uchar**) &flush_privileges, (uchar**) &flush_privileges, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0},
- {"force", 'f', "Continue even if we get an sql-error.",
+ {"force", 'f', "Continue even if we get an SQL error.",
(uchar**) &ignore_errors, (uchar**) &ignore_errors, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"help", '?', "Display this help message and exit.", 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG,
@@ -315,12 +320,14 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
{"ignore-table", OPT_IGNORE_TABLE,
"Do not dump the specified table. To specify more than one table to ignore, "
"use the directive multiple times, once for each table. Each table must "
- "be specified with both database and table names, e.g. --ignore-table=database.table",
+ "be specified with both database and table names, e.g., "
+ "--ignore-table=database.table.",
0, 0, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"insert-ignore", OPT_INSERT_IGNORE, "Insert rows with INSERT IGNORE.",
(uchar**) &opt_ignore, (uchar**) &opt_ignore, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0},
- {"lines-terminated-by", OPT_LTB, "Lines in the i.file are terminated by ...",
+ {"lines-terminated-by", OPT_LTB,
+ "Lines in the output file are terminated by the given string.",
(uchar**) &lines_terminated, (uchar**) &lines_terminated, 0, GET_STR,
REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"lock-all-tables", 'x', "Locks all tables across all databases. This "
@@ -339,17 +346,19 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
" to 2, that command will be prefixed with a comment symbol. "
"This option will turn --lock-all-tables on, unless "
"--single-transaction is specified too (in which case a "
- "global read lock is only taken a short time at the beginning of the dump "
- "- don't forget to read about --single-transaction below). In all cases "
- "any action on logs will happen at the exact moment of the dump."
+ "global read lock is only taken a short time at the beginning of the dump; "
+ "don't forget to read about --single-transaction below). In all cases, "
+ "any action on logs will happen at the exact moment of the dump. "
"Option automatically turns --lock-tables off.",
(uchar**) &opt_master_data, (uchar**) &opt_master_data, 0,
GET_UINT, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, MYSQL_OPT_MASTER_DATA_COMMENTED_SQL, 0, 0, 0},
- {"max_allowed_packet", OPT_MAX_ALLOWED_PACKET, "",
+ {"max_allowed_packet", OPT_MAX_ALLOWED_PACKET,
+ "The maximum packet length to send to or receive from server.",
(uchar**) &opt_max_allowed_packet, (uchar**) &opt_max_allowed_packet, 0,
GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 24*1024*1024, 4096,
(longlong) 2L*1024L*1024L*1024L, MALLOC_OVERHEAD, 1024, 0},
- {"net_buffer_length", OPT_NET_BUFFER_LENGTH, "",
+ {"net_buffer_length", OPT_NET_BUFFER_LENGTH,
+ "The buffer size for TCP/IP and socket communication.",
(uchar**) &opt_net_buffer_length, (uchar**) &opt_net_buffer_length, 0,
GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 1024*1024L-1025, 4096, 16*1024L*1024L,
MALLOC_OVERHEAD-1024, 1024, 0},
@@ -358,9 +367,11 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
(uchar**) &opt_autocommit, (uchar**) &opt_autocommit, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"no-create-db", 'n',
- "'CREATE DATABASE /*!32312 IF NOT EXISTS*/ db_name;' will not be put in the output. The above line will be added otherwise, if --databases or --all-databases option was given.}.",
- (uchar**) &opt_create_db, (uchar**) &opt_create_db, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0,
- 0, 0, 0, 0},
+ "Suppress the CREATE DATABASE ... IF EXISTS statement that normally is "
+ "output for each dumped database if --all-databases or --databases is "
+ "given.",
+ (uchar**) &opt_create_db, (uchar**) &opt_create_db, 0,
+ GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"no-create-info", 't', "Don't write table creation info.",
(uchar**) &opt_no_create_info, (uchar**) &opt_no_create_info, 0, GET_BOOL,
NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -384,8 +395,9 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
{"port", 'P', "Port number to use for connection.", (uchar**) &opt_mysql_port,
(uchar**) &opt_mysql_port, 0, GET_UINT, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0},
- {"protocol", OPT_MYSQL_PROTOCOL, "The protocol of connection (tcp,socket,pipe,memory).",
- 0, 0, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+ {"protocol", OPT_MYSQL_PROTOCOL,
+ "The protocol to use for connection (tcp, socket, pipe, memory).",
+ 0, 0, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"quick", 'q', "Don't buffer query, dump directly to stdout.",
(uchar**) &quick, (uchar**) &quick, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"quote-names",'Q', "Quote table and column names with backticks (`).",
@@ -435,18 +447,20 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
{"skip-opt", OPT_SKIP_OPTIMIZATION,
"Disable --opt. Disables --add-drop-table, --add-locks, --create-options, --quick, --extended-insert, --lock-tables, --set-charset, and --disable-keys.",
0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
- {"socket", 'S', "Socket file to use for connection.",
- (uchar**) &opt_mysql_unix_port, (uchar**) &opt_mysql_unix_port, 0, GET_STR,
- REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+ {"socket", 'S', "The socket file to use for connection.",
+ (uchar**) &opt_mysql_unix_port, (uchar**) &opt_mysql_unix_port, 0,
+ GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
#include <sslopt-longopts.h>
{"tab",'T',
- "Creates tab separated textfile for each table to given path. (creates .sql and .txt files). NOTE: This only works if mysqldump is run on the same machine as the mysqld daemon.",
+ "Create tab-separated textfile for each table to given path. (Create .sql "
+ "and .txt files.) NOTE: This only works if mysqldump is run on the same "
+ "machine as the mysqld server.",
(uchar**) &path, (uchar**) &path, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"tables", OPT_TABLES, "Overrides option --databases (-B).",
0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
- {"triggers", OPT_TRIGGERS, "Dump triggers for each dumped table",
- (uchar**) &opt_dump_triggers, (uchar**) &opt_dump_triggers, 0, GET_BOOL,
- NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+ {"triggers", OPT_TRIGGERS, "Dump triggers for each dumped table.",
+ (uchar**) &opt_dump_triggers, (uchar**) &opt_dump_triggers, 0, GET_BOOL,
+ NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"tz-utc", OPT_TZ_UTC,
"SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' at top of dump to allow dumping of TIMESTAMP data when a server has data in different time zones or data is being moved between servers with different time zones.",
(uchar**) &opt_tz_utc, (uchar**) &opt_tz_utc, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -459,7 +473,7 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
(uchar**) &verbose, (uchar**) &verbose, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"version",'V', "Output version information and exit.", 0, 0, 0,
GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
- {"where", 'w', "Dump only selected records; QUOTES mandatory!",
+ {"where", 'w', "Dump only selected records. Quotes are mandatory.",
(uchar**) &where, (uchar**) &where, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"xml", 'X', "Dump a database as well formed XML.", 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG,
NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -553,9 +567,9 @@ static void short_usage_sub(void)
static void usage(void)
{
print_version();
- puts("By Igor Romanenko, Monty, Jani & Sinisa");
- puts("This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,\nand you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license\n");
- puts("Dumping definition and data mysql database or table");
+ puts("By Igor Romanenko, Monty, Jani & Sinisa.");
+ puts("This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,\nand you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license.\n");
+ puts("Dumping structure and contents of MySQL databases and tables.");
short_usage_sub();
print_defaults("my",load_default_groups);
my_print_help(my_long_options);