MYSQLBACKUP(1) MySQL Database System MYSQLBACKUP(1)NAMEmysqlbackup - Display backup information
SYNOPSISmysqlbackup [options] backup_image_file
DESCRIPTIONmysqlbackup displays information from backup images created by the
BACKUP DATABASE statement. This program was added in MySQL 6.0.11.
mysqlbackup has these capabilities:
· List the objects contained in the backup image or information about
the objects
· Display the metadata (SQL statements to create objects in the backup
image)
· Search the backup image for a particular object
Invoke mysqlbackup like this:
shell> mysqlbackup [options] backup_image_file
With no options, mysqlbackup displays a short summary about the backup image:
shell> mysqlbackup /tmp/test.bak
Image path: '/tmp/test.bak'
Image size: 12305 bytes
Image compression: none
Image version: 1
Creation time: 2009-04-08 18:08:43 UTC
Server version: 6.0.11 (6.0.11-alpha)
Server byte order: little-endian
mysqlbackup supports the following options. It also reads option files andsupports the options for processing them described at Section 4.2.3.2.1,
“Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.
· --help, -?
Display a help message and exit.
· --all
Display everything except snapshots and data-chunks.
· --catalog-details
Display the details of the database objects catalog.
· --catalog-summary
Display summary of the database objects catalog.
· --data-chunks
Display the length of each data chunk contained in the backup image.
· --data-totals
Display the data length for each object contained in the backup image.
· --debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]
Write a debugging log. A typical debug_options string is ´d:t:o,file_name'.
The default is ´d:t:o,/tmp/mysqlbackup.trace'.
· --exact
Display lengths using the exact number of bytes instead of multiplier units
such as KB, MB, and GB.
· --image-order
Display catalog items and metadata in the order of the backup image.
· --metadata-extra
Display extra metadata for the database objects.
· --metadata-statements
Display SQL statements that create the database objects in the backup
image.
· --open_files_limit=count
Specify how many file descriptors to reserve.
· --search=name
Search for the given object in the backup image. The name can be object to
find a global object or database.object to find a per-database object.
Quoting of database and/or object with ", ´, or ` is allowed. The wildcard
characters ´%' and ´_' are available and have the same effect as for the
LIKE operator. Use this option with the --metadata-* options to see
metadata.
· --snapshots
Display information about snapshots contained in the backup image.
· --summary
Display a summary information from end of the backup image.
· --verbose, -v
Verbose mode. Include more information about the backup image in program
output.
· --version, -V
Display version information and exit.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
SEE ALSO
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which
may already be installed locally and which is also available online at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
AUTHOR
MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).
MySQL 6.0 04/30/2009 MYSQLBACKUP(1)
