Copy site and DB on same server?

[MikeMike]

I need to copy a shop to another domain on the same server. I want to keep the existing shop so I can't just rename the whole thing.

 

Now, I know how to export my DB through phpmyadmin, but I got so many customers, order history, products etc. that I am getting time outs when I try to import it to the new database.

 

Are there any way I can do this through telnet. Maybe both for the DB and the files?

[Guest]

if they are both on the same server then copy the directory to another directory name of your choice on the same level.

create a mysql database.

with mysql you can do a 'dump' of the database then import it very easily.

make the changes to your configure.php and you are up.

is this a local server or one on the net?

[MikeMike]

It's on the net.

Any way to get around the dump/import thing?

The DB is big and I am getting timeouts when importing.