> Okay, I know this is an RTFM question, but I tried, and I couldn't find
> it in the online manual.
Try loading the manual, then do your browsers equivalent of
find in page, and search for "-bin" 3 or 4 searches on
next occurence, and you're there
>
> I was looking at the /var/lib/mysql directory today, where all my
> databases are, and I noticed a bunch of <machine>-bin files. What /are/
> those,
Binary logs.
> and are they something I need to be concerned about?
"The binary log contains all information that is available
in the update log in a more efficient format. It also contains
information about how long every query that updated the
database took.
The binary log is also used when you are replicating a
slave from a master."
/ Carsten
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