>>>>> On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:02:09 -0400, George Larson >>>>> <george.g.lar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We do nightly backups at work just by taring the mysql directory. In > my environment, that is /var/lib/mysql. > Like this: > service mysql stop > cd /var/lib/mysql > rm -rf * > tar zxvf file.tar > rm -rf ib_logfile* > chown -R mysql.mysql > service mysql start > Something similar might work for you. Somebody with more MySQL > expertise than me can probably help you customize the process to your > environment. Ok thanks. What I am afraid of is that in on of these OS, their might be some other configuration files, which might be located apart from the main directory say in /etc and then I should copy them as well. Would it be necessary in Linux to generate the db and its users first? Uwe Brauer -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
