09-14-2012
Agreed. Backing up the binary database files is not a good idea since your version of mysql may change and make them incompatible. But if you use mysqldump to back everything up as text, it will remain compatible.
It will also allow you to pick and choose which databases and tables get restored relatively easily.
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
replace
replace(1) MySQL database replace(1)
NAME
replace - A utility program that is used by msql2mysql, but that has more general applicability as well. replace changes strings in place
in files or on the standard input. Uses a finite state machine to match longer strings first. Can be used to swap strings.
USAGE
replace [-?svIV] from to from to ... -- [files]
or
replace [-?svIV] from to from to ... < fromfile > tofile
SYNOPSIS
replace [-?|-I] [-s] [-v]
DESCRIPTION
replace
-?|-I info
-s silent
-v verbose
EXTRA INFO
Special characters in from string:
^ Match start of line.
$ Match end of line.
Match space-character, start of line or end of line. For a end the next replace starts locking at the end space-character. A
alone in a string matches only a space-character.
EXAMPLE
this command swaps a and b in the given files:
shell> replace a b b a -- file1 file2 ...
SEE ALSO
isamchk(1), isamlog(1), mysql(1), mysqlaccess(1), mysqladmin(1), mysqld(1), mysqld_multi(1), mysqld_safe(1), mysqldump(1), mysql_fix_privi-
lege_tables(1), mysqlshow(1), mysql_zap(1), perror(1),
For more information please refer to the MySQL reference manual, which may already be installed locally and which is also available online
at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/
BUGS
Please refer to http://bugs.mysql.com/ to report bugs.
AUTHOR
Ver 1.0, distribution 4.0.24 Michael (Monty) Widenius (monty@mysql.com), MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/). This software comes with no
warranty. Manual page by L. (Kill-9) Pedersen (kill-9@kill-9.dk), Mercurmedia Data Model Architect / system developer (http://www.mercur-
media.com)
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+------------------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+------------------------------------+
|Availability | SUNWmysqlr, SUNWmysqlu, SUNWmysqlt |
+--------------------+------------------------------------+
|Interface Stability | External |
+--------------------+------------------------------------+
NOTES
Source for mysql is available on http://opensolaris.org.
MySQL 4.0 19 December 2000 replace(1)