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@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ Assuming you want to restore mytestdb from your backups made on 20190121-1540:
 ```
 DB='mytestdb'
 BACKUPDIR='/var/backup/mysql/20190121-1540'
-sudo mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ${DB}"
-sudo -i bash -c 'for table in ${BACKUPDIR}/${DB}/*; do gunzip -c $table | mysql ${DB}; done'
+sudo mysqldump ${DB} > /root/${DB}-$(date +%Y%m%d).sql
+sudo mysql -e "DROP DATABASE ${DB}"
+sudo mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE ${DB}"
+for table in ${BACKUPDIR}/${DB}/*; do gunzip -c $table | sudo mysql ${DB}; done
 ```