mysqldump and ~/.my.cnf

[Charles Norton]

mysqldump is complaining that I have a bad --databases parameter -- I don't -- and it is because of my ~/.my.cnf file

[client]
host=localhost
user=amr
password=water.flow
database=h2o_amr

This file works fine for the other command line work I'm doing. Other than renaming the file, how can I alter this file or mysqldump, so the conflict does not occur?

amr@steamboy:~/bin$ mysqldump
Warning: mysqldump: ignoring option '--databases' due to invalid value 'h2o_amr'
Usage: mysqldump [OPTIONS] database [tables]
OR mysqldump [OPTIONS] --databases [OPTIONS] DB1 [DB2 DB3...]
OR mysqldump [OPTIONS] --all-databases [OPTIONS]
For more options, use mysqldump --help

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Town of Arlington
Arlington, MA