def dump_limits(conf_file, limits_file, debug=False):
    """
    Dump the current limits from the Redis database.

    :param conf_file: Name of the configuration file, for connecting
                      to the Redis database.
    :param limits_file: Name of the XML file that the limits will be
                        dumped to.  Use '-' to dump to stdout.
    :param debug: If True, debugging messages are emitted while
                  dumping the limits.
    """

    # Connect to the database...
    conf = config.Config(conf_file=conf_file)
    db = conf.get_database()
    limits_key = conf['control'].get('limits_key', 'limits')

    # Now, grab all the limits
    lims = [limits.Limit.hydrate(db, msgpack.loads(lim))
            for lim in db.zrange(limits_key, 0, -1)]

    # Build up the limits tree
    root = etree.Element('limits')
    limit_tree = etree.ElementTree(root)
    for idx, lim in enumerate(lims):
        if debug:
            print >>sys.stderr, "Dumping limit index %d: %r" % (idx, lim)
        make_limit_node(root, lim)

    # Write out the limits file
    if limits_file == '-':
        limits_file = sys.stdout
    if debug:
        print >>sys.stderr, "Dumping limits to file %r" % limits_file
    limit_tree.write(limits_file, xml_declaration=True, encoding='UTF-8',
                     pretty_print=True)