Nestor,
1. LOCK TABLES;
FLUSH TABLES;
(allow reads, stall writes)
2. Copy the db dir
3. UNLOCK TABLES;
4. cd datadir
mv mysql.log mysql.old
mysqladmin flush-logs
PB
Nestor Florez wrote:
>TO back up the databases in Mysql, isn't there a way where you can just copy
> somefiles
>to another directory and in essence you have a backup? I thought I read this
> somewhere
>
>No I can do a dump, but I was wondering if I can just copy some lies or a directory.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Néstor Alberto Flórez Torres
>
>
>
>
>
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