MYISAMLOG(1)		     MySQL Database System		  MYISAMLOG(1)



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] ...]

       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 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
       Copyright 1997-2006 MySQL AB

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SEE ALSO
       msql2mysql(1), my_print_defaults(1), myisam_ftdump(1), myisamchk(1),
       myisampack(1), mysql(1), mysql.server(1), mysql_config(1),
       mysql_explain_log(1), mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1),
       mysql_tzinfo_to_sql(1), mysql_upgrade(1), mysql_zap(1), mysqlaccess(1),
       mysqladmin(1), mysqlbinlog(1), mysqlcheck(1), mysqld(8),
       mysqld_multi(1), mysqld_safe(1), mysqldump(1), mysqlhotcopy(1),
       mysqlimport(1), mysqlmanager(8), mysqlshow(1), perror(1), replace(1),
       safe_mysqld(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://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR
       MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).  This software comes with no
       warranty.



MySQL 5.0			  12/20/2006			  MYISAMLOG(1)