Hello,
my /var/lib/mysql directory contains many xxxx-bin.xxx files, some of which date back to October 2004. What exactly are these files? Can I safely remove the older ones?
Many thanks.
Philippe
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1073741948 Oct 16 15:00 /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.029
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1073741906 Oct 24 14:00 /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.030
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1073741956 Nov 1 11:00 /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.031
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1073741866 Nov 9 08:00 /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.032
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1073741914 Nov 17 04:00 /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.033
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 834914457 Sep 9 00:13 /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.017
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 83386121 Sep 10 00:00 /var/lib/mysql/mydb-bin.018
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