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Help needed for mysqldump command

I want to take a backup of a database and redirect the output of the whole process to a log file. I am using the below command:
Code:
mysqldump -A --add-drop-table > mysql-daily-backup.sql &> /tmp/backup_log/mysql.log

Is there anything wrong with the syntax?

---------- Post updated at 08:32 PM ---------- Previous update was at 08:32 PM ----------

Detected the error.
This will create an empty file called mysql-daily-backup.sql and the full SQL dump will go to /tmp/backup_log/mysql.log. So i modified it to:
Code:
(mysqldump –v -A --add-drop-table > mysql-daily-backup.sql) &> /tmp/backup_log/mysql.log

Serves my purpose now.
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BACKUP_QUIT(8)						       AFS Command Reference						    BACKUP_QUIT(8)

NAME
backup_quit - Leaves interactive mode SYNOPSIS
quit [-help] q [-h] DESCRIPTION
The backup quit command exits interactive mode, returning the issuer to the regular shell prompt at which the backup or backup interactive command was issued to enter interactive mode. The command has no effect when issued outside interactive mode. Issuing the Ctrl-D command also exits interactive mode. CAUTIONS
To exit interactive mode, all jobs must be completed. Use the backup jobs command to list any jobs currently pending or executing, and the backup kill command to terminate them as necessary. OPTIONS
-help Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored. EXAMPLES
The following command exits interactive mode: backup> quit % PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
None SEE ALSO
backup(8), backup_interactive(8), backup_jobs(8), backup_kill(8) COPYRIGHT
IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved. This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell. OpenAFS 2012-03-26 BACKUP_QUIT(8)