On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:33:53 -0700 (PDT), Abuzar Chaudhary
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>
> Aye, wish the documentation said something to that effect, it only said
> to restore it, simply copy the files back, without any examples or
> further explanation.
>
> Okay, so I'm not very good at linux, how do I stop and start the server
> without messing up how it starts or stops when the server is booted or
> shutdown? i.e. is it like Apache where "apache stop", and "apache
> start" kind of commands will do the job?
login as superuser and try
service mysqld stop
servive mysqld start
If your system complains that service command not found try
/sbin/service mysqld stop
/sbin/service mysqld start
>
> Thanx :)
> Abuzar
>
>
>
> --- gerald_clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Don't EVER copy to database files while the server is running.
> > This is a guaranteed way to crash your database files.
> >
> > Shutdown the server.
> > Copy the files.
> > Start the server.
> >
> > Abuzar Chaudhary wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >Using a sample database, I have tablea and tableb. I populate tablea
> > >with some records and I can see the tablea.MYD file size increase on
> > >the drive, while tableb.MYD remains at zero bytes.
> > >
> > >Then I make a backup:
> > >mysqlhotcopy -u username -p password sample ./backup
> > >
> > >Next I modify the database:
> > >I delete the records from tablea and insert records in tableb and
> > >observe tableb file size increase on the drive, then I remove the
> > >sample directory inside /var/lib/mysql which contains the sample
> > >database
> > >
> > >Now I restore it like this:
> > >mv backup/sample .
> > >
> > >and I see the tableb.MYD file get adjusted back to zero, as it was
> > >before the modification, yet when I look at the database through
> > mysql
> > >and through mysqlcc, it still shows the modified database!
> > >
> > >Anyone know why it isn't restoring to the original backup ?!?
> > >
> > >Thanx,
> > >
> > >Abuzar ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > >
> > >
> > >
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