Good morning, We're still battling with this; haven't heard back from anyone on the list... Resending one more time in the hopes that it catches somebody's eye.
Thanks so much, Jason -----Original Message----- From: Gilmore, Jason Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mysqlhotcopy and incorrect database name error - We must be dense Hi there, A mysqlhotcopy issue has stumped no less than three of us here today at work, ensuring that the solution is glaringly obvious. We're trying to use mysqlhotcopy to copy a few databases. We want to make a local copy, nothing exotic, just want to move the database backups to the directory /backups/. In particular, we're attempting to make use of the following syntax: mysqlhotcopy db_name [/path/to/new_directory] However, we receive an error when executing the following: %>mysqlhotcopy -u root --suffix=091703 staff /backups The error is: "DBI connect('../backups/wjgilmore/;host=localhost;mysql_read_default_group=m ysqlhotcopy','root',...) failed: Incorrect database name '/backups/' at ./mysqlhotcopy line 747" In short, what's happening is that mysqlhotcopy thinks that /backups/ is a database that we'd like backed-up. Which, according to the following syntax form (shown in the mysqlhotcopy page of the MySQL manual): mysqlhotcopy db_name_1 ... db_name_n /path/to/new_directory Interestingly, when using a regular expression, the destination directory is recognized immediately: %>mysqlhotcopy jan-2003./^sales/ /backups/ The Juicy details: * Redhat 7.2 * Perl 5.6.1 * Mysql 4.0.9-gamma (although we've tried mysqlhotcopy on three different mysql versions, with no luck) * Yes, the user has permission to write to /backups/ * Yes, the user has select and reload permissions. Thanks for any insight. This is driving all of us crazy. Also looked all over the newsgroups regarding this, a few individuals have posted similar questions, however none were answered. Best, Jason ====================== Jason Gilmore Systems Developer The Fisher College of Business 340 Mason Hall 250 W. Woodruff Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43210 The Ohio State University e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] t: 614-292-9754 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]