Hm, due to some popups that was a premature sending... Mea culpa > > I don't really know how to use those files and so like to know how to > > stop populating them. or at least control the number and size of them. > > Used for: disaster recovery / replay modifications on backup, or > replication afaik. > > Days kept: expire_log_days: > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/server-system- > variables.html#sysvar_expire_logs_days > > Max size: max_binlog_size:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/replication-options-binary- log.html#sysvar_max_binlog_size (this is per file) > > I'm running os x 10.6.8, mysql Server version: 5.1.61-log MySQL > > Community Server (GPL) > > > > I tried comment out the line "log-bin=mysql-bin" and those > > mysql-bin.xxxxxx files in the data directory. It causes mysql server > > starting failure. Don't just delete the bin-files. First start with log-bin=off (or no log-bin declaration). If that fails to start your server, show us the actual error. -- Rik Wasmus -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
