pv + gzip + mysql

Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009

I am writing this down for my own benefit:

Dumping with on-the-fly gzip and speed indicator.

$ mysqldump -u root -p database | pv | gzip -c > database.sql.gz

Loading with on-the-fly gunzip and speed indicator.

$ pv database.sql.gz | gunzip | mysql -u root -p database