After much guidance (which was much appreciated) the database is now backed up.
I was forgetting to direct it into a file, so of course it was simply screen dumping the contents... I never said I was clever...!!!
Anyway, have uploaded it and the host is going to restore it for me (we can't afford a dedicated server and of course the host won't allow command line access to a shared server - which is fair enough and I'd worry if they did)
Let's see how this goes.
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