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mongodump:tldr:e58f9
The mongodump
command is a utility provided by MongoDB that allows you to create a backup of the data stored in a MongoDB database. The --out
option is used to specify the output directory where the backup data will be stored.
In the command you provided, mongodump --out ${path-to-directory}
, ${path-to-directory}
is a placeholder for the actual path to the directory where you want to store the backup data. You need to replace ${path-to-directory}
with the appropriate directory path on your system.
For example, if you want to store the backup data in a directory called "backup" located in your home directory, the command would be:
mongodump --out ~/backup
This will create a backup of your MongoDB database and save it in the specified directory. The backup will consist of files containing the database data in BSON format.