Mystery files

2002-03-20 Thread mysql mailing list user
Hi, I my mysql server database directory (that is the directory that holds the .err and .pid files) so strange files have apeared. They look line machine-name-bin.001 machine-name-bin.002 etc machine-name-bin.index Some of them are huge! They seem like binary files, but are full

Re: Mystery files

2002-03-20 Thread Lars Heidieker
Have a look for binary log files in the manual these are binary log files, needed for replication setup eg. Lars mysql mailing list user wrote: Hi, I my mysql server database directory (that is the directory that holds the .err and .pid files) so strange files have apeared. They look line

Re: Mystery files

2002-03-20 Thread Sammy Lau
i believe you've the replication option turned on. see http://www.mysql.com/doc/R/e/Replication_Options.html for more details. mysql mailing list user wrote: Hi, I my mysql server database directory (that is the directory that holds the .err and .pid files) so strange files have apeared.

Re: Mystery files

2002-03-20 Thread Robert Cross
mysql mailing list user wrote: Hi, I my mysql server database directory (that is the directory that holds the .err and .pid files) so strange files have apeared. They look line machine-name-bin.001 machine-name-bin.002 etc machine-name-bin.index Some of them are huge! They seem