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...and then Keith Spiller said... % % Hello, hi! % % I already use phpmyadmin to dump the mysql data into sql files, Good. % but I would like to back up the original database files as well. OK. % % I found the actual database files on my server in var/lib/mysql Yep. % and want to download copies, but I do not know wether I should Do you have read permission on the files? Or are you connecting as root (bad boy)? % use binary or ascii format. Binary. % % What would be best? Will downloading in the wrong format % corrupt the database files? Very probably. % % Thanks, Sure thing! % % % Keith HTH & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/qx48Gb7uCXufRwARAuC6AKDLJL4IzQe1xqTBjIHMPG6d9WMngwCggJRN r7g14OOdDaYHAGERx6TG1is= =NmvB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
