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| author | Brandon Nesterenko <brandon.nesterenko@mariadb.com> | 2021-10-07 11:28:49 -0600 |
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| committer | Brandon Nesterenko <brandon.nesterenko@mariadb.com> | 2021-10-07 11:30:22 -0600 |
| commit | 478020171dd048e2584fd774e3cb30a9c4ae690b (patch) | |
| tree | f7450115c0d34f567135ec93c4298e5f89fbbb3b | |
| parent | 1ce35c327ed90fa67da53a3f9d470f195d879417 (diff) | |
| download | mariadb-git-478020171dd048e2584fd774e3cb30a9c4ae690b.tar.gz | |
MDEV-25444: mysql --binary-mode is not able to replay some mysqlbinlog outputsbb-10.2-MDEV-25444-docs
This is a documentation-only patch to refine the description of
binary mode for the mariadb client.
Reviewed By:
============
Andrei Elkin <andrei.elkin@mariadb.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | client/mysql.cc | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/mysql.1 | 9 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/client/mysql.cc b/client/mysql.cc index 2baac7b92b8..cd2c37972bc 100644 --- a/client/mysql.cc +++ b/client/mysql.cc @@ -1698,11 +1698,14 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] = &opt_default_auth, &opt_default_auth, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {"binary-mode", 0, - "By default, ASCII '\\0' is disallowed and '\\r\\n' is translated to '\\n'. " - "This switch turns off both features, and also turns off parsing of all client" - "commands except \\C and DELIMITER, in non-interactive mode (for input " - "piped to mysql or loaded using the 'source' command). This is necessary " - "when processing output from mysqlbinlog that may contain blobs.", + "Binary mode allows certain character sequences to be processed as data " + "that would otherwise be treated with a special meaning by the parser. " + "Specifically, this switch turns off parsing of all client commands except " + "\\C and DELIMITER in non-interactive mode (i.e., when binary mode is " + "combined with either 1) piped input, 2) the --batch mysql option, or 3) " + "the 'source' command). Also, in binary mode, occurrences of '\\r\\n' and " + "ASCII '\\0' are preserved within strings, whereas by default, '\\r\\n' is " + "translated to '\\n' and '\\0' is disallowed in user input.", &opt_binary_mode, &opt_binary_mode, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0} }; diff --git a/man/mysql.1 b/man/mysql.1 index 56e753160ce..6c05bbab311 100644 --- a/man/mysql.1 +++ b/man/mysql.1 @@ -206,7 +206,14 @@ option\&. .\" binary-mode option: mysql \fB\-\-binary\-mode\fR .sp -By default, ASCII '\e0' is disallowed and '\er\en' is translated to '\en'\&. This switch turns off both features, and also turns off parsing of all client commands except \eC and DELIMITER, in non-interactive mode (for input piped to mysql or loaded using the 'source' command)\&. This is necessary when processing output from mysqlbinlog that may contain blobs\&. +Binary mode allows certain character sequences to be processed as data that +would otherwise be treated with a special meaning by the parser\&. +Specifically, this switch turns off parsing of all client commands except \eC +and DELIMITER in non-interactive mode (i\&.e\&., when binary mode is combined +with either 1) piped input, 2) the --batch mysql option, or 3) the 'source' +command)\&. Also, in binary mode, occurrences of '\er\en' and ASCII '\e0' are +preserved within strings, whereas by default, '\er\en' is translated to '\en' +and '\e0' is disallowed in user input\&. .RE .sp .RS 4 |