.TH ARIA_PACK "1" "May 2014" "aria_pack Ver 1.0" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
aria_pack \- generate compressed, read\-only Aria tables
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B aria_pack
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fIfilename\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pack a Aria\-table to take much less space.
Keys are not updated, you must run \fBaria_chk \-rq\fR 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 \fBaria_chk \-u\fR on the table
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-backup\fR
Make a backup of the table as table_name.OLD.
.TP
\fB\-\-character\-sets\-dir\fR=\fIname\fR
Directory where character sets are.
.TP
\fB\-#\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR[=\fIname\fR]
Output debug log. Often this is 'd:t:o,filename'.
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
Force packing of table even if it gets bigger or if
tempfile exists.
.TP
\fB\-j\fR, \fB\-\-join\fR=\fIname\fR
Join all given tables into 'new_table_name'. All tables
MUST have identical layouts.
.TP
\fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display this help and exit.
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
Be more silent.
.TP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-tmpdir\fR=\fIname\fR
Use temporary directory to store temporary table.
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-test\fR
Don't pack table, only test packing it.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Write info about progress and packing result. Use many \fB\-v\fR
for more verbosity!
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Output version information and exit.
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-wait\fR
Wait and retry if table is in use.
.PP
Default options are read from the following files in the given order:
\fB/etc/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf\fR
.PP
The following groups are read: \fBariapack\fR
.PP
The following options may be given as the first argument:
.TP
\fB\-\-print\-defaults\fR
Print the program argument list and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-defaults\fR
Don't read default options from any option file.
.TP
\fB\-\-defaults\-file=\fR#
Only read default options from the given file #.
.TP
\fB\-\-defaults\-extra\-file=\fR#
Read this file after the global files are read.
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBmyisampack(1)\fR
.PP
For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base, available online at https://mariadb.com/kb/