On Monday, November 26, 2001, at 02:38 PM, Ben Ocean wrote:
> But I have a backup, if I just knew how to restore it! The instructions > read: > #mysqldump --opt database_name > database_name_File.txt > To restore database: > #cat database_name_File.txt | /path/to/mysql -u username -p > database_name > > So, if my installation is at /apache/mysql > and the database is /apache/mysql/lefeber > and my backup is /apache/mysql/lefeber.txt > then I should be able to issue this command: > cat lefeber.txt | /apache/mysql -u MyUserName -pMyPassword lefeber > Why does it tell me that /apache/mysql is a directory (duh) and break > the pipe? > BenO It looks like you're trying to pipe the "cat lefeber.txt" command into a directory (because it looks like on your system, /apache/mysql is a directory that contains other files such as /apache/mysql/lefeber). I think the command you want to try would be something like cat lefeber.txt | /apache/mysql/bin/mysql -u MyUserName -pMyPassword lefeber Try that, it seems to make more sense (though I am hardly a knowledgeable person about data recovery in MySQL). Erik --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
