On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:56:42PM -0900, Joshua J.Kugler wrote:
>
> In that case, i would highly recommend using mysqldump to backup
> your databases.  Simply compressing the actual DB's could give you
> tables in inconsistent states, UNLESS you first shut down your DB
> server, then run the backup.

Not true at all.  Try this:

  FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK
  <back stuff up>
  UNLOCK TABLES

It's safe and keeps the server on-line.

Jeremy
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