Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 20:23:21 +0200 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: John <vaughajj@jmu.edu>, jjvaughan@gmail.com Subject: Re: Recovering mysql data - mysqlbinlog Message-ID: <200805012023.22509.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <200805011745.GER48602@jmu.edu> References: <200805011745.GER48602@jmu.edu>
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On Thursday 01 May 2008 19:45:32 John wrote:
> Can someone direct me to where the MySQL transaction logs are stored? I am
> running FreeBSD 6.1 with MySql 5.0.41 which I installed from ports, no
> extra config. From what I've read online, unless you disable them (which I
> couldn't find in the makefile) the logs should be being created. Doing a
> find / --name "bin." Didn't turn up anything.
By default they end up in /var/db/mysql and are named $hostname-bin.###
Also, the information you read online is incorrect. By default, binary logging
(which are the transaction logs) is disabled. I don't recall whether this is
a FreeBSD port specific modification.
You can turn it on by putting a my.cnf in /var/db/mysql. Templates named
my-$size.cnf are in /usr/local/share/mysql and are well-commented.
> I'll also note that it is not in var/db/mysql with the rest of the mysql
> data files and the ib_logfiles which would have been useful, but the data I
> am trying to recover is from a MyISAM.
I take it you tried myisamchk?
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
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