I have tried several syntax:
mysqldump -uroot -p<passwd> world_innodb > D:/labs/world_innodb_backup.sql
mysqldump -u root -p <passwd> world_innodb > D:/labs/world_innodb_backup.sql
mysqldump world_innodb > D:/labs/world_innodb_backup.sql
mysqldump --user=root --databases=world_innodb > D:/labs/world_innodb_backup.sql
I have also tried with back slash instead of slash.
In all cases it shows a new line with prompt "->". Writing ";" returns always syntax error without any clue about what part of the syntax has the error.
Any idea?