From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Sep 30 5:16: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F28A37B401 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 05:15:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from psknet.com (voyager.psknet.com [63.171.251.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5E90843E42 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 05:15:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from troy@psknet.com) Received: (qmail 50720 invoked by uid 85); 30 Sep 2002 11:58:26 -0000 Received: from troy@psknet.com by voyager.psknet.com with qmail-scanner-1.02 (uvscan: v4.1.40/v4100. . Clean. Processed in 0.388718 secs); 30 Sep 2002 11:58:26 -0000 Received: from rad-va-21-pc-38.cablenet-va.com (HELO abyss) (asshole@24.197.21.38) by voyager.psknet.com with SMTP; 30 Sep 2002 11:58:26 -0000 From: "Troy Settle" To: , Subject: RE: gzip / tar files in use Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 08:15:51 -0400 Message-ID: <000201c2687b$1f2c0580$2615c518@psknet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 In-Reply-To: <3D9837CD.10626.136427A2@localhost> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Chem, This will result in an incomplete backup of your databases. I would recommend using mysqldump first, then tarr/gzip the resulting file(s). -- Troy Settle Pulaski Networks 540.994.4254 - 866.477.5638 http://www.psknet.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of chem@i-p-d.nl > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 5:39 AM > To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: gzip / tar files in use > > > Hi, > > I was wondering if I can gzip and tar a directory that > consists of files that are partly in > use? What will happen to the files that are in use. Are they > skipped? In this case I > want to tar and gzip the database-directory of mysql. > > TIA > chem > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message