.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- .\" (C) Copyright 2016 Apollon Oikonomopoulos , .\" .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) .TH MONGODUMP 1 "Jul 18, 2016" .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. .\" .\" Some roff macros, for reference: .\" .nh disable hyphenation .\" .hy enable hyphenation .\" .ad l left justify .\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins .\" .nf disable filling .\" .fi enable filling .\" .br insert line break .\" .sp insert n+1 empty lines .\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) .SH NAME mongodump \- export MongoDB data from a server to BSON files .SH SYNOPSIS .B mongodump .RI [ options ] .SH DESCRIPTION The \fBmongodump\fP program allows exporting the contents of a running MongoDB instance to BSON files. By default it will export all data, but export can be limited to a specific collection or database. .SH OPTIONS See \fBmongodump --help\fP for a list supported options and their descriptions. .SH SEE ALSO .BR mongorestore (1), .BR bsondump (1) The full documentation of \fBmongodump\fP can be found at https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/program/mongodump/. .SH AUTHOR \fBmongodump\fP was written by MongoDB, Inc. and is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. This manpage was written by Apollon Oikonomopoulos for the Debian project (but may be used by others).