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.\"     Title: innochecksum
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.\"      Date: 03/23/2026
.\"    Manual: MySQL Database System
.\"    Source: MySQL 8.0
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "INNOCHECKSUM" "1" "03/23/2026" "MySQL 8\&.0" "MySQL Database System"
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.SH "NAME"
innochecksum \- offline InnoDB file checksum utility
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBinnochecksum\ [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB]\ \fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR\ 'u
\fBinnochecksum [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB] \fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBinnochecksum\fR
prints checksums for
InnoDB
files\&. This tool reads an
InnoDB
tablespace file, calculates the checksum for each page, compares the calculated checksum to the stored checksum, and reports mismatches, which indicate damaged pages\&. It was originally developed to speed up verifying the integrity of tablespace files after power outages but can also be used after file copies\&. Because checksum mismatches cause
InnoDB
to deliberately shut down a running server, it may be preferable to use this tool rather than waiting for an in\-production server to encounter the damaged pages\&.
.PP
\fBinnochecksum\fR
cannot be used on tablespace files that the server already has open\&. For such files, you should use
CHECK TABLE
to check tables within the tablespace\&. Attempting to run
\fBinnochecksum\fR
on a tablespace that the server already has open results in an
Unable to lock file
error\&.
.PP
If checksum mismatches are found, restore the tablespace from backup or start the server and attempt to use
\fBmysqldump\fR
to make a backup of the tables within the tablespace\&.
.PP
Invoke
\fBinnochecksum\fR
like this:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum [\fIoptions\fR] \fIfile_name\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
innochecksum Options
.PP
\fBinnochecksum\fR
supports the following options\&. For options that refer to page numbers, the numbers are zero\-based\&.
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-help\fR,
\fB\-?\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--help
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Boolean
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
false
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Displays command line help\&. Example usage:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-help
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-info\fR,
\fB\-I\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--info
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Boolean
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
false
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Synonym for
\fB\-\-help\fR\&. Displays command line help\&. Example usage:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-info
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-version\fR,
\fB\-V\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--version
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Boolean
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
false
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Displays version information\&. Example usage:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-version
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-verbose\fR,
\fB\-v\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--verbose
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Boolean
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
false
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Verbose mode; prints a progress indicator to the log file every five seconds\&. In order for the progress indicator to be printed, the log file must be specified using the
\-\-log option\&. To turn on
verbose
mode, run:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-verbose
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
To turn off verbose mode, run:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-verbose=FALSE
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
The
\-\-verbose
option and
\-\-log
option can be specified at the same time\&. For example:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-verbose \-\-log=/var/lib/mysql/test/logtest\&.txt
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
To locate the progress indicator information in the log file, you can perform the following search:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
cat \&./logtest\&.txt | grep \-i "okay"
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
The progress indicator information in the log file appears similar to the following:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
page 1663 okay: 2\&.863% done
page 8447 okay: 14\&.537% done
page 13695 okay: 23\&.568% done
page 18815 okay: 32\&.379% done
page 23039 okay: 39\&.648% done
page 28351 okay: 48\&.789% done
page 33023 okay: 56\&.828% done
page 37951 okay: 65\&.308% done
page 44095 okay: 75\&.881% done
page 49407 okay: 85\&.022% done
page 54463 okay: 93\&.722% done
\&.\&.\&.
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-count\fR,
\fB\-c\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--count
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Base name
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
true
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Print a count of the number of pages in the file and exit\&. Example usage:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-count \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-start\-page=\fR\fB\fInum\fR\fR,
\fB\-s \fR\fB\fInum\fR\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--start-page=#
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Numeric
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
0
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Start at this page number\&. Example usage:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-start\-page=600 \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
or:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-s 600 \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-end\-page=\fR\fB\fInum\fR\fR,
\fB\-e \fR\fB\fInum\fR\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--end-page=#
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Numeric
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
0
T}
T{
Minimum Value
T}:T{
0
T}
T{
Maximum Value
T}:T{
18446744073709551615
T}
.TE
.sp 1
End at this page number\&. Example usage:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-end\-page=700 \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
or:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-p 700 \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-page=\fR\fB\fInum\fR\fR,
\fB\-p \fR\fB\fInum\fR\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--page=#
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Integer
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
0
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Check only this page number\&. Example usage:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-page=701 \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-strict\-check\fR,
\fB\-C\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--strict-check=algorithm
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Enumeration
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
crc32
T}
T{
Valid Values
T}:T{
.PP
innodb
.PP
crc32
.PP
none
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Specify a strict checksum algorithm\&. Options include
innodb,
crc32, and
none\&.
.sp
In this example, the
innodb
checksum algorithm is specified:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-strict\-check=innodb \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
In this example, the
crc32
checksum algorithm is specified:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-C crc32 \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
The following conditions apply:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
If you do not specify the
\fB\-\-strict\-check\fR
option,
\fBinnochecksum\fR
validates against
innodb,
crc32
and
none\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
If you specify the
none
option, only checksums generated by
none
are allowed\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
If you specify the
innodb
option, only checksums generated by
innodb
are allowed\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
If you specify the
crc32
option, only checksums generated by
crc32
are allowed\&.
.RE
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-no\-check\fR,
\fB\-n\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--no-check
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Boolean
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
false
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Ignore the checksum verification when rewriting a checksum\&. This option may only be used with the
\fBinnochecksum\fR
\fB\-\-write\fR
option\&. If the
\fB\-\-write\fR
option is not specified,
\fBinnochecksum\fR
terminates\&.
.sp
In this example, an
innodb
checksum is rewritten to replace an invalid checksum:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-no\-check \-\-write innodb \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-allow\-mismatches\fR,
\fB\-a\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--allow-mismatches=#
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Integer
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
0
T}
T{
Minimum Value
T}:T{
0
T}
T{
Maximum Value
T}:T{
18446744073709551615
T}
.TE
.sp 1
The maximum number of checksum mismatches allowed before
\fBinnochecksum\fR
terminates\&. The default setting is 0\&. If
\-\-allow\-mismatches=\fIN\fR, where
\fIN\fR>=0,
\fIN\fR
mismatches are permitted and
\fBinnochecksum\fR
terminates at
\fIN\fR+1\&. When
\-\-allow\-mismatches
is set to 0,
\fBinnochecksum\fR
terminates on the first checksum mismatch\&.
.sp
In this example, an existing
innodb
checksum is rewritten to set
\-\-allow\-mismatches
to 1\&.
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-allow\-mismatches=1 \-\-write innodb \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
With
\-\-allow\-mismatches
set to 1, if there is a mismatch at page 600 and another at page 700 on a file with 1000 pages, the checksum is updated for pages 0\-599 and 601\-699\&. Because
\-\-allow\-mismatches
is set to 1, the checksum tolerates the first mismatch and terminates on the second mismatch, leaving page 600 and pages 700\-999 unchanged\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-write=\fR\fB\fIname\fR\fR,
\fB\-w \fR\fB\fInum\fR\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--write=algorithm
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Enumeration
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
crc32
T}
T{
Valid Values
T}:T{
.PP
innodb
.PP
crc32
.PP
none
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Rewrite a checksum\&. When rewriting an invalid checksum, the
\fB\-\-no\-check\fR
option must be used together with the
\fB\-\-write\fR
option\&. The
\fB\-\-no\-check\fR
option tells
\fBinnochecksum\fR
to ignore verification of the invalid checksum\&. You do not have to specify the
\fB\-\-no\-check\fR
option if the current checksum is valid\&.
.sp
An algorithm must be specified when using the
\fB\-\-write\fR
option\&. Possible values for the
\fB\-\-write\fR
option are:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
innodb: A checksum calculated in software, using the original algorithm from
InnoDB\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
crc32: A checksum calculated using the
crc32
algorithm, possibly done with a hardware assist\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
none: A constant number\&.
.RE
.sp
The
\fB\-\-write\fR
option rewrites entire pages to disk\&. If the new checksum is identical to the existing checksum, the new checksum is not written to disk in order to minimize I/O\&.
.sp
\fBinnochecksum\fR
obtains an exclusive lock when the
\fB\-\-write\fR
option is used\&.
.sp
In this example, a
crc32
checksum is written for
tab1\&.ibd:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-w crc32 \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
In this example, a
crc32
checksum is rewritten to replace an invalid
crc32
checksum:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-no\-check \-\-write crc32 \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-page\-type\-summary\fR,
\fB\-S\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--page-type-summary
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Boolean
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
false
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Display a count of each page type in a tablespace\&. Example usage:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-page\-type\-summary \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
Sample output for
\-\-page\-type\-summary:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
File::\&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
================PAGE TYPE SUMMARY==============
#PAGE_COUNT PAGE_TYPE
===============================================
       2        Index page
       0        Undo log page
       1        Inode page
       0        Insert buffer free list page
       2        Freshly allocated page
       1        Insert buffer bitmap
       0        System page
       0        Transaction system page
       1        File Space Header
       0        Extent descriptor page
       0        BLOB page
       0        Compressed BLOB page
       0        Other type of page
===============================================
Additional information:
Undo page type: 0 insert, 0 update, 0 other
Undo page state: 0 active, 0 cached, 0 to_free, 0 to_purge, 0 prepared, 0 other
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-page\-type\-dump\fR,
\fB\-D\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--page-type-dump=name
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Dump the page type information for each page in a tablespace to
stderr
or
stdout\&. Example usage:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-page\-type\-dump=/tmp/a\&.txt \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-log\fR,
\fB\-l\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--log=path
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
File name
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Log output for the
\fBinnochecksum\fR
tool\&. A log file name must be provided\&. Log output contains checksum values for each tablespace page\&. For uncompressed tables, LSN values are also provided\&. The
\fB\-\-log\fR
replaces the
\fB\-\-debug\fR
option, which was available in earlier releases\&. Example usage:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-\-log=/tmp/log\&.txt \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
or:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \-l /tmp/log\&.txt \&.\&./data/test/tab1\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\-
option\&.
Specify the
\-
option to read from standard input\&. If the
\-
option is missing when
\(lqread from standard in\(rq
is expected,
\fBinnochecksum\fR
prints
\fBinnochecksum\fR
usage information indicating that the
\(lq\-\(rq
option was omitted\&. Example usages:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
cat t1\&.ibd | innochecksum \-
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
In this example,
\fBinnochecksum\fR
writes the
crc32
checksum algorithm to
a\&.ibd
without changing the original
t1\&.ibd
file\&.
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
cat t1\&.ibd | innochecksum \-\-write=crc32 \- > a\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
Running innochecksum on Multiple User\-defined Tablespace Files
.PP
The following examples demonstrate how to run
\fBinnochecksum\fR
on multiple user\-defined tablespace files (\&.ibd
files)\&.
.PP
Run
\fBinnochecksum\fR
for all tablespace (\&.ibd) files in the
\(lqtest\(rq
database:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \&./data/test/*\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Run
\fBinnochecksum\fR
for all tablespace files (\&.ibd
files) that have a file name starting with
\(lqt\(rq:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \&./data/test/t*\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Run
\fBinnochecksum\fR
for all tablespace files (\&.ibd
files) in the
data
directory:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum \&./data/*/*\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBNote\fR
.ps -1
.br
.PP
Running
\fBinnochecksum\fR
on multiple user\-defined tablespace files is not supported on Windows operating systems, as Windows shells such as
\fBcmd\&.exe\fR
do not support glob pattern expansion\&. On Windows systems,
\fBinnochecksum\fR
must be run separately for each user\-defined tablespace file\&. For example:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum\&.exe t1\&.ibd
innochecksum\&.exe t2\&.ibd
innochecksum\&.exe t3\&.ibd
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp .5v
.RE
Running innochecksum on Multiple System Tablespace Files
.PP
By default, there is only one
InnoDB
system tablespace file (ibdata1) but multiple files for the system tablespace can be defined using the
innodb_data_file_path
option\&. In the following example, three files for the system tablespace are defined using the
innodb_data_file_path
option:
ibdata1,
ibdata2, and
ibdata3\&.
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
\&./bin/mysqld \-\-no\-defaults \-\-innodb\-data\-file\-path="ibdata1:10M;ibdata2:10M;ibdata3:10M:autoextend"
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
The three files (ibdata1,
ibdata2, and
ibdata3) form one logical system tablespace\&. To run
\fBinnochecksum\fR
on multiple files that form one logical system tablespace,
\fBinnochecksum\fR
requires the
\-
option to read tablespace files in from standard input, which is equivalent to concatenating multiple files to create one single file\&. For the example provided above, the following
\fBinnochecksum\fR
command would be used:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
cat ibdata* | innochecksum \-
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Refer to the
\fBinnochecksum\fR
options information for more information about the
\(lq\-\(rq
option\&.
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBNote\fR
.ps -1
.br
.PP
Running
\fBinnochecksum\fR
on multiple files in the same tablespace is not supported on Windows operating systems, as Windows shells such as
\fBcmd\&.exe\fR
do not support glob pattern expansion\&. On Windows systems,
\fBinnochecksum\fR
must be run separately for each system tablespace file\&. For example:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
innochecksum\&.exe ibdata1
innochecksum\&.exe ibdata2
innochecksum\&.exe ibdata3
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp .5v
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
.PP
Copyright \(co 1997, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
.PP
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.
.PP
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.
.PP
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/.
.sp
.SH "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/.
.SH AUTHOR
Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).
