Hello.
See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/binary-log.html Philippe de Rochambeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [-- text/plain, encoding 7bit, charset: US-ASCII, 25 lines --] > > Hello, > > my /var/lib/mysql directory contains many xxxx-bin.xxx files, some of > which date back to October 2004. What exactly are these files? Can I > safely remove the older ones? > > Many thanks. > > Philippe > > -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1073741948 Oct 16 15:00 > /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.029 > -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1073741906 Oct 24 14:00 > /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.030 > -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1073741956 Nov 1 11:00 > /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.031 > -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1073741866 Nov 9 08:00 > /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.032 > -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1073741914 Nov 17 04:00 > /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.033 > -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 834914457 Sep 9 00:13 > /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.017 > -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 83386121 Sep 10 00:00 > /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.018 > ... -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]