[mythtv-users] /var/lib/mysql filled /var partition - how to clean up?

catfish catfish at halfdone.com
Sun Oct 8 04:15:53 UTC 2006


Mark Knecht wrote:
>    As the title indicates my Myth server's /var partition was filled
> up today when a number of 'dragonfly-bin.xxxxxxx files in
> /var/lib/mysql got too big. This caused mythfrontend to not run at
> all.


This appears to be Mysql binary log files, you can read about it here:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/binary-log.html
It keeps track of changes made to the database, and mythtv can make lots 
of changes. I assume it would be best to disable the logging.


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