[mythtv-users] Disk space problem

[Jim Morton]

Mark Garland wrote:
> Hi Jim - that's good news that you've got to the bottom of your space hog.
>
> At the risk of hijacking your thread, I had a question relating to Mike's
> response to your question:
> I've checked my my.cnf, and can find no string matches of "log-bin" - so
> does that mean I am safe from my /var directory filling up?
>
> Mike said:
> "http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-6.html (Yes, I know that's the
> MySQL section.  Still, read it.  No, really.  Trust me.  Fine, at least read
> the first sentence.)"
>
> The sentence he refers to reads:
> "When you install MySQL 5.x you will also want to comment out "log-bin" in
> your my.cnf configuration file. This option will quickly fill your "/var"
> disk partition with many gigabytes of data, unless you are doing database
> replication and deleting these files regularly."
>
>   
I believe it meant "log_bin" and not "log-bin".
In my install it is already commented out. I guess because I used the 
Mythbuntu pre-rolled installation...

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 Jim Morton