\fBMYISAMLOG\fR

Section: MySQL Database System (1)
Updated: 11/15/2007
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NAME

myisamlog - display MyISAM log file contents

SYNOPSIS

myisamlog [options] [log_file [tbl_name] ...]

DESCRIPTION

myisamlog

processes the contents of a MyISAM log file.

Invoke myisamlog like this:

shell> myisamlog [options] [log_file [tbl_name] ...]
shell> isamlog [options] [log_file [tbl_name] ...]

The default operation is update (-u). If a recovery is done (-r), all writes and possibly updates and deletes are done and errors are only counted. The default log file name is myisam.log for myisamlog and isam.log for isamlog if no log_file argument is given, If tables are named on the command line, only those tables are updated.

myisamlog understands the following options:

*: -?, -I
Display a help message and exit.
*: -c N
Execute only N commands.
*: -f N
Specify the maximum number of open files.
*: -i
Display extra information before exiting.
*: -o offset
Specify the starting offset.
*: -p N
Remove N components from path.
*: -r
Perform a recovery operation.
*: -R record_pos_file record_pos
Specify record position file and record position.
*: -u
Perform an update operation.
*: -v
Verbose mode. Print more output about what the program does. This option can be given multiple times to produce more and more output.
*: -w write_file
Specify the write file.
*: -V
Display version information.

COPYRIGHT

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