>>>>> "A" == Anatoli <me@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: A> What about mysqldump > dump.sql, then mysql < dump.sql? Also a wrong A> way and didn't have to be implemented? No, that's exactly my point. Thanks for making it for me! The analog to the way you indicated that you would like it to work would be having the mysql server stop IO so that you can take a filesystem snapshot while the database is in a consistent state. But instead, the database (like cyrus) implements a backup method which you can use to extract the data. And it also requires disk space to hold the backup until you can transfer it to your backup medium. - J< ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ To Unsubscribe: https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/info-cyrus
