On 17-Jul-01 Chris Aitken wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> What im looking at doing is working out the best way to safely shut down
> mysql so I can do a full backup of the system, then restart it back. (im
> running on a FreeBSD box)
>
> I know I can kill the PID and other drastic measures but I dont want to do
> anything that might corrupt the data.
>
> Which is the best method for stopping mysql and then restarting it ?
> mysqladmin shutdown ?
>
Yes
> and whats the best way to start it back up again
> just running the .sh file(s) from /usr/local/etc/rc.d ?
>
and Yes
Regards,
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