Hi Miguel, Those files are the binary logs that MySQL keeps of its doings. You can find more information here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/binary-log.html.
Depending on the number of tables and the number of data-altering statements, these logs may become very big very quickly. Kind regards, -- </Martijn> On Sunday 25 September 2005 02:56, Miguel Cardenas wrote: > Hello list > > I wanted to know how much space was using the database am working on, but > found some big files I don't know what they do... these files are located > in > > /usr/local/mysql/var > > and are named 'myhostname-bin.000nn' (nn is 1 to 29 at this moment)... I > don't know that are those files, so I did a 'less' on them and it appears > to be binary data with mixed full insert commands for part of my existing > database. > > My question is... why are those files there? are they really needed or can > be removed? they are really big and contain old insert commands that will > not be used never more... can I simple delete all of them? > > Thanks for any information!!! -- </Martijn> -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
