"Knight Raider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I installed MySQL that comes with RedHat 8, after run it I noticed that lot 
> of file created in my data directory, file name is something like 
> 'myhostname-bin.xxx' where xxx is the number, and it take lot of disk space.
> 
> What the file is use for and how to avoid it?

They are binary log files:
        http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Binary_log.html

If you want turn off binary logging just remove log-bin entry from my.cnf



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