· Bill Karwin <bill@karwin.com>:

> Alexander Skwar wrote:
>> Do I need all those files? What do I need them for in the first
>> place? Can I delete old files?
>
> Yes, you can delete these, unless you need them for replication support
> or for data recovery. See
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/binary-log.html
>
> That page says: "You can delete all binary log files with the RESET
> MASTER statement, or a subset of them with PURGE MASTER LOGS."

Thanks, this helped!

Alexander Skwar
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