diff --git a/util/build_db b/util/build_db
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+++ b/util/build_db
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Make sure we're in the expected place
+SCRIPTPATH="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
+cd $SCRIPTPATH
+cd ..
+
+mysql -u$LIT_USER -p$LIT_PASS -Dliterature < db/literature.sql
+mysql -u$LIT_USER -p$LIT_PASS -Dliterature < db/literature.dat
diff --git a/util/dump_db b/util/dump_db
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+++ b/util/dump_db
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Make sure we're in the expected place
+SCRIPTPATH="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
+cd $SCRIPTPATH
+cd ..
+
+mysqldump -u$LIT_USER --no-data -p$LIT_PASS literature > db/literature.sql
+mysqldump -u$LIT_USER --no-create-info -p$LIT_PASS literature > db/literature.dat