On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 05:16:37PM +0800, Alice wrote:
>
> Hi, besides using mysqldump, can i just copy the database in the
> data directory straight away in windows explorer ?? is this a
> correct way to do that ?? thanx
It's probably only "safe" if you do a
FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK;
before the copy. Then you'll need to simply disconnect (or unlock the
tables) when you're done.
Jeremy
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