MySQL 5.7 Release Notes
The --no-data option tells
mysqldump not to dump table data, resulting
in the dump file containing only statements to create the
tables. Conversely, the
--no-create-info option
tells mysqldump to suppress
CREATE statements from the output, so that
the dump file contains only table data.
For example, to dump table definitions and data separately for
the test database, use these commands:
$> mysqldump --no-data test > dump-defs.sql
$> mysqldump --no-create-info test > dump-data.sql
For a definition-only dump, add the
--routines
and
--events
options to also include stored routine and event definitions:
$> mysqldump --no-data --routines --events test > dump-defs.sql