Duplicate Entire MySQL Database

Question

Is it posible to duplicate an entire MySQL database on a linux server?

I know I can use export and import but the original database is >25MB so that\'s not ideal.

Answer 1

I sometimes do a mysqldump and pipe the output into another mysql command to import it into a different database.

mysqldump --add-drop-table -u wordpress -p wordpress | mysql -u wordpress -p wordpress_backup