myisamchk Check Options
myisamchk supports the following options for table checking operations:
--check,-cCheck the table for errors. This is the default operation if you specify no option that selects an operation type explicitly.
--check-only-changed,-CCheck only tables that have changed since the last check.
--extend-check,-eCheck the table very thoroughly. This is quite slow if the table has many indexes. This option should only be used in extreme cases. Normally, myisamchk or myisamchk --medium-check should be able to determine whether there are any errors in the table.
If you are using
--extend-checkand have plenty of memory, setting thekey_buffer_sizevariable to a large value helps the repair operation run faster.See also the description of this option under table repair options.
For a description of the output format, see , "Obtaining Table Information with myisamchk".
--fast,-FCheck only tables that haven't been closed properly.
--force,-fDo a repair operation automatically if myisamchk finds any errors in the table. The repair type is the same as that specified with the
--recoveror-roption.--information,-iPrint informational statistics about the table that is checked.
--medium-check,-mDo a check that is faster than an
--extend-checkoperation. This finds only 99.99% of all errors, which should be good enough in most cases.--read-only,-TDo not mark the table as checked. This is useful if you use myisamchk to check a table that is in use by some other application that does not use locking, such as mysqld when run with external locking disabled.
--update-state,-UStore information in the
.MYIfile to indicate when the table was checked and whether the table crashed. This should be used to get full benefit of the--check-only-changedoption, but you shouldn't use this option if the mysqld server is using the table and you are running it with external locking disabled.