Mysql

Alexander Dalloz alexander.dalloz at uni-bielefeld.de
Sat Feb 7 17:15:04 UTC 2004


Am Sa, den 07.02.2004 schrieb Mitch Wiedemann um 17:59:
> Just out of curiosity, does anyone know why they're put in 
> /var/lib/mysql/ by default?  I always store them in /home/mysql (using a 
> symlink from /var/lib/mysql) to make backups easier...

You set mysql's home to /home/mysql in /etc/passwd and datadir in
/etc/my.cnf to /home/mysql too? Why is that better/easier for backups?
Don't you run mysqldump to backup the databases?

Alexander


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