CentOS - May 2012 - mysql-bin files - filling up the space.

Dear All Greetings,

i am seeking help from guys with mysql knowledge. i can see lot of these
files in mysql directory. And they are eventually filling up the space on
the server. what these files are? some exists with very old time stamps.
such as February 2012. can these be deleted?

This Number Starts From -----------------------mysql-bin.000001

-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql   159M Apr 25 12:24 mysql-bin.000197
-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql     5M Apr 26 00:00 mysql-bin.000198
-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql   8.1M Apr 27 00:00 mysql-bin.000200

-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql   125M MAY 27 20:29 mysql-bin.000230



Prabh S. Mavi

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Prabhpal S. Mavi
<prabhpal at digital-infotech.net> wrote:
>
>
> Dear All Greetings,
>
> i am seeking help from guys with mysql knowledge. i can see lot of these
> files in mysql directory. And they are eventually filling up the space on
> the server. what these files are? some exists with very old time stamps.
> such as February 2012. can these be deleted?
>
> This Number Starts From -----------------------mysql-bin.000001
>
> -rw-rw---- ?1 mysql ?mysql ? 159M Apr 25 12:24 mysql-bin.000197
> -rw-rw---- ?1 mysql ?mysql ? ? 5M Apr 26 00:00 mysql-bin.000198
> -rw-rw---- ?1 mysql ?mysql ? 8.1M Apr 27 00:00 mysql-bin.000200
>
> -rw-rw---- ?1 mysql ?mysql ? 125M MAY 27 20:29 mysql-bin.000230
>
The first hit here has a very detailed description of that:
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=mysql-bin

In case your results are different:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/what-is-mysql-binary-log/

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Giovanni