You may tar de mysql data directory but you shouldn't do it with mysql
server running (because it is using the files).
If you do not want to stop the mysql server (or lock it from writes),
you can, for example, use mysqlhotcopy first to create an identical data
directory and then do a tar on that
Hi all,
Up until now we always created database backups using the mysqldump tool.
But I'm wondering, if it is possible to just create a tar archive of the
complete mysql data directory.
We are running on Linux (2.4.18) and we use mysql 4.014.
Thanks,
Harm de Laat
Informatiefabriek
The Netherl
