Gary, It is always a good practice to test the whole solution backup/restore. So nothing is better than testing a restore, actually it should be a periodic procedure. As for the validity of the file usually is delegated to the operating system. If you want to check it yourself you may create an algorithm that analyses some patterns in the dump file to recognize that it is correct, starting may be from one that is working as 'valid' sample.
Cheers Claudio 2012/11/7 Gary <listgj-my...@yahoo.co.uk> > Can anyone suggest how I could verify that the files created by > mysqldump are "okay"? They are being created for backup purposes, and > the last thing I want to do is find out that the backups themselves are > in some way corrupt. > > I know I can check the output of the command itself, but what if.. I > don't know... if there are problems with the disc it writes to, or > something like that. Is there any way to check whether the output file > is "valid" in the sense that it is complete and syntactically correct? > > -- > Gary Please do NOT send me 'courtesy' replies off-list. > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > -- Claudio
