On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 10:55 -0400, Jerry Schwartz wrote: > I don't know Linux that well, but I know that HP-UX lets you do most > anything to an open file, including deleting it. The file will continue to > exist as long as it is open by at least one process. If I remember > correctly, this is all about the inode use count vs. the directory entry, or > something like that. The file will actually be safe so long as it is not > closed by the last user.
It sounds like Linux is the same. > Those files will go away as soon as they are closed, so the database should > be dumped before shutting down mysqld. Done :) Thanks to all those who responded. I did a full backup last night and shut down mysql. At this point the innodb files were then completely deleted ( disappeared from the output of 'lsof' ) and the filesystem saw the extra space. I removed my /var/lib/mysql, reconfigured things, and imported, and everything went fine. -- Daniel Kasak IT Developer NUS Consulting Group Level 5, 77 Pacific Highway North Sydney, NSW, Australia 2060 T: (+61) 2 9922-7676 / F: (+61) 2 9922 7989 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://www.nusconsulting.com.au -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
