mysqldump - weird charachters in password

[youradds]

Hi,

Got a bit of a problem

I'm trying to do:

mysqldump --add-drop-table -ucontest -p'Du~Ce1D#gp(K' contest > contest.sql

..but I'm getting an "access denied" error when trying this

If I do:

mysqldump --add-drop-table -ucontest -p contest > contest.sql
-p (then enter the password)

..it works fine!

Anyone got any suggestions? My guess is that its something to do with the weird charachters in the password - but can I get around that? It will be a bugger if I have to edit all the database logins, and the scripts that use it

TIA!

Andy

 

[cygmorg]

Try a space between the -p and the 'Du...'
Might work