You may tar de mysql data directory but you shouldn't do it with mysql server running (because it is using the files).
If you do not want to stop the mysql server (or lock it from writes), you can, for example, use mysqlhotcopy first to create an identical data directory and then do a tar on that copy (and then remove the copy). Cheers, On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 09:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > Up until now we always created database backups using the mysqldump tool. > > But I'm wondering, if it is possible to just create a tar archive of the > complete mysql data directory. > > We are running on Linux (2.4.18) and we use mysql 4.014. > > Thanks, > > Harm de Laat > Informatiefabriek > The Netherlands -- Diana Soares -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
