From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 8 Oct 2025 16:57:39 +0100, pinnerite wrote:   
      
   > Back to the HTPC, I had taken backups of my MythTV recordings and of   
   > the /v[a]r/lib/mysql directory.   
      
   At one time, I used to save backups of /var/lib/mysql. Trouble is, those   
   are tricky to restore.   
      
   A lot easier to use mysqldump (or mariadb-dump, now). This will give   
   you a large file of SQL commands that you can execute to reload a copy   
   of the database in the same state.   
      
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