database back up

Joko Siswanto · *nix forums beginner Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 4

Dear All

if myqsl service can't start, where can i found the file and back up it?
[under windows and linux]

Thanks,
Joko Siswanto

John Meyer · *nix forums beginner Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 31

Joko Siswanto wrote:

Martin Jespersen · *nix forums beginner Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 18

You can usually find the database files under the "var" subdirectory
under your installation, unless another datadir was specified at
compiletime.

;) Martin

Joko Siswanto wrote:

Mark Maunder · *nix forums beginner Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 3

/var/lib/mysql/<database name>
is a common location. If you're on unix try the following command:

find /var -name "mysql"

On 7/20/06, Martin Jespersen <mbj@mbj.dk> wrote:

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