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MYISAM_FTDUMP(1)                                MySQL Database System                                MYISAM_FTDUMP(1)



NAME
       myisam_ftdump - display full-text index information

SYNOPSIS
       myisam_ftdump [options] tbl_name index_num

DESCRIPTION
       myisam_ftdump displays information about FULLTEXT indexes in MyISAM tables. It reads the MyISAM index file
       directly, so it must be run on the server host where the table is located. Before using myisam_ftdump, be sure
       to issue a FLUSH TABLES statement first if the server is running.

       myisam_ftdump scans and dumps the entire index, which is not particularly fast. On the other hand, the
       distribution of words changes infrequently, so it need not be run often.

       Invoke myisam_ftdump like this:

           shell> myisam_ftdump [options] tbl_name index_num

       The tbl_name argument should be the name of a MyISAM table. You can also specify a table by naming its index
       file (the file with the .MYI suffix). If you do not invoke myisam_ftdump in the directory where the table
       files are located, the table or index file name must be preceded by the path name to the table´s database
       directory. Index numbers begin with 0.

       Example: Suppose that the test database contains a table named mytexttablel that has the following definition:

           CREATE TABLE mytexttable
           (
             id   INT NOT NULL,
             txt  TEXT NOT NULL,
             PRIMARY KEY (id),
             FULLTEXT (txt)
           );

       The index on id is index 0 and the FULLTEXT index on txt is index 1. If your working directory is the test
       database directory, invoke myisam_ftdump as follows:

           shell> myisam_ftdump mytexttable 1

       If the path name to the test database directory is /usr/local/mysql/data/test, you can also specify the table
       name argument using that path name. This is useful if you do not invoke myisam_ftdump in the database
       directory:

           shell> myisam_ftdump /usr/local/mysql/data/test/mytexttable 1

       You can use myisam_ftdump to generate a list of index entries in order of frequency of occurrence like this:

           shell> myisam_ftdump -c mytexttable 1 | sort -r

       myisam_ftdump supports the following options:

       ·   --help, -h -?

           Display a help message and exit.

       ·   --count, -c


           Report global index statistics. This is the default operation if no other operation is specified.

       ·   --verbose, -v

           Verbose mode. Print more output about what the program does.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.

       This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

       This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
       the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
       License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the
       Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see
       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.


SEE ALSO
       For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which may already be installed locally and
       which is also available online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR
       Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).



MySQL 5.1                                             04/06/2010                                     MYISAM_FTDUMP(1)