Hi Tanner, These are the binary logs. Look in your my.cnf file or check your system variable ( do this )
mysql> show variables like '%log%'; and see if you have log-bin enabled. These are generally used for recovery from the last full backup (similar to logical/redo logs in other technologies) and are also necessary for replication. You can delete them using the PURGE MASTER LOGS statement (documented here : http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/replication-master-sql.html) Regards --------------------------------------------------------------- ********** _/ ********** David Logan ******* _/ ******* ITO Delivery Specialist - Database ***** _/ ***** Hewlett-Packard Australia Ltd **** _/_/_/ _/_/_/ **** E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **** _/ _/ _/ _/ **** Desk: +618 8408 4273 **** _/ _/ _/_/_/ **** Mobile: 0417 268 665 ***** _/ ****** ****** _/ ******** Postal: 148 Frome Street, ******** _/ ********** Adelaide SA 5001 Australia i n v e n t --------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Tanner Postert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 31 August 2006 10:02 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: mysql-bin.00000X there are ton of these files in my mysql data directory on fedora core 5.... they are about a GB a piece. it appears that they are snapshots or some kind of log file. what is creating these files? -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
