ARIA\_PACK(1) User Commands ARIA\_PACK(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

aria\_pack - generate compressed, read-only Aria tables

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**aria\_pack** \[*OPTIONS*] *filename*...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Pack a Aria-table to take much less space. Keys are not updated, you must run **aria\_chk -rq** 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 **aria\_chk -u** on the table

[**-b**, **--backup**](#b)

Make a backup of the table as table\_name.OLD.

[**--character-sets-dir**=*name*](#character)

Directory where character sets are.

**-#**, **--debug**\[=*name*]

Output debug log. Often this is 'd:t:o,filename'.

[**-f**, **--force**](#f)

Force packing of table even if it gets bigger or if tempfile exists.

[**-j**, **--join**=*name*](#j)

Join all given tables into 'new\_table\_name'. All tables MUST have identical layouts.

**-?**, **--help**

Display this help and exit.

[**-s**, **--silent**](#s)

Be more silent.

[**-T**, **--tmpdir**=*name*](#T)

Use temporary directory to store temporary table.

[**-t**, **--test**](#t)

Don't pack table, only test packing it.

[**-v**, **--verbose**](#v)

Write info about progress and packing result. Use many **-v** for more verbosity!

[**-V**, **--version**](#V)

Output version information and exit.

[**-w**, **--wait**](#w)

Wait and retry if table is in use.

Default options are read from the following files in the given order: **/etc/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf**

The following groups are read: **ariapack**

The following options may be given as the first argument:

[**--print-defaults**](#print)

Print the program argument list and exit.

[**--no-defaults**](#no)

Don't read default options from any option file.

[**--defaults-file=**#](#defaults)

Only read default options from the given file #.

[**--defaults-extra-file=**#](#defaults~2)

Read this file after the global files are read.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**myisampack(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/mariadb-11.8/myisampack.1)

For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Documentation, available online at https://mariadb.com/docs/

May 2014 aria\_pack Ver 1.0

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Document: aria_pack(1) from mariadb-11.8 11.8.9-r3 (Chainguard OS)
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