[svlug] Baffled by bash

[Skip Evans]

Hey all,

I'm on a client's server trying to export a MySQL 
database, something I've done a gajillion times, 
but I'm getting results from this bash shell I 
don't understand. See below:

[skip at www-lax-001 phpMyAdmin]$ mysqldump -u 
pointleader -p pointsdata > points.sql
-bash: points.sql: No such file or directory

Why does it think points.sql should be an existing 
file? I Googled for 'bash shell redirect' and 
found a page saying I needed a '&' in front of the 
'>' char, but got the same results.

What gives?

Thanks!!!
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Skip Evans
Big Sky Penguin, LLC
61 W Broadway
Butte, Montana 59701
406-782-2240

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