Tanner Postert wrote:
there are ton of these files in my mysql data directory on fedora core
5
they are about a GB a piece.
it appears that they are snapshots or some kind of log file. what is
creating these files?
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/binary-log.html
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MySQL General Ma
Hi Tanner,
These are the binary logs. Look in your my.cnf file or check your system
variable ( do this )
mysql> show variables like '%log%';
and see if you have log-bin enabled. These are generally used for
recovery from the last full backup (similar to logical/redo logs in
other technologies) a