At 16:03 -0400 8/29/02, Philip Mak wrote: >What are all these rei-bin.* files in this MySQL data directory? Are >they needed? They're taking up a lot of disk space. They seem to be >some sort of log. > >horde rei.aaanime.net.pid rei-bin.008 rei-bin.016 >linkwars rei-bin.001 rei-bin.009 rei-bin.017 >my.cnf rei-bin.002 rei-bin.010 rei-bin.018 >mysql rei-bin.003 rei-bin.011 rei-bin.019 >plesk.rackshack.net.err rei-bin.004 rei-bin.012 rei-bin.020 >plesk.rackshack.net.pid rei-bin.005 rei-bin.013 rei-bin.021 >psa rei-bin.006 rei-bin.014 rei-bin.022 >rei.aaanime.net.err rei-bin.007 rei-bin.015 rei-bin.index
The binary update logs. They serve as a record of updated, to be used for two primary purposes: - To be sent to slave replication servers - To be used for data recovery purposes after a crash The rei-bin.index file is an index of the binary log files. It records which binary logs the server is maintaining. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
