ARIA_PACK
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: May 2014
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NAME
aria_pack - generate compressed, read-only Aria tables
SYNOPSIS
aria_pack
[
OPTIONS]
filename...
DESCRIPTION
Pack a Aria-table to take much less space.
Keys are not updated, you must run
aria_chk -rq on the index (.MAI) file
afterwards to update the keys.
You should give the .MAI file as the filename argument.
To unpack a packed table, run
aria_chk -u on the table
- -b, --backup
-
Make a backup of the table as table_name.OLD.
- --character-sets-dir=name
-
Directory where character sets are.
- -#, --debug[=name]
-
Output debug log. Often this is 'd:t:o,filename'.
- -f, --force
-
Force packing of table even if it gets bigger or if
tempfile exists.
- -j, --join=name
-
Join all given tables into 'new_table_name'. All tables
MUST have identical layouts.
- -?, --help
-
Display this help and exit.
- -s, --silent
-
Be more silent.
- -T, --tmpdir=name
-
Use temporary directory to store temporary table.
- -t, --test
-
Don't pack table, only test packing it.
- -v, --verbose
-
Write info about progress and packing result. Use many -v
for more verbosity!
- -V, --version
-
Output version information and exit.
- -w, --wait
-
Wait and retry if table is in use.
Default options are read from the following files in the given order:
/etc/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf
The following groups are read: ariapack
The following options may be given as the first argument:
- --print-defaults
-
Print the program argument list and exit.
- --no-defaults
-
Don't read default options from any option file.
- --defaults-file=#
-
Only read default options from the given file #.
- --defaults-extra-file=#
-
Read this file after the global files are read.
SEE ALSO
myisampack(1)
For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base, available online at https://mariadb.com/kb/