Russell,
Wednesday, October 09, 2002, 1:44:14 AM, you wrote:
RU> we use the binary log as a crash recovery tool.
RU> therefore, once we have backed up the db (we use the excellent mysql_backup for
this) we can happily discard yesterday's binlog.
RU> the only correct way i've found to get rid of old binlogs in to issue RESET
MASTER, and i figure i should do this at the same time
RU> that the logs get flushed.
RU> however, neither mysqldump nor mysqladmin have a RESET MASTER option.
RU> has anyone found a good way to do this?
It's not an option, it's a command that you execute from client, for
example:
mysql> RESET MASTER;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
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