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diff --git a/man/mysql.1 b/man/mysql.1 index c2eda6d7e72..2acb71656a0 100644 --- a/man/mysql.1 +++ b/man/mysql.1 @@ -206,7 +206,14 @@ option\&. .\" binary-mode option: mysql \fB\-\-binary\-mode\fR .sp -By default, ASCII '\e0' is disallowed and '\er\en' is translated to '\en'\&. This switch turns off both features, and also turns off parsing of all client commands except \eC and DELIMITER, in non-interactive mode (for input piped to mysql or loaded using the 'source' command)\&. This is necessary when processing output from mysqlbinlog that may contain blobs\&. +Binary mode allows certain character sequences to be processed as data that +would otherwise be treated with a special meaning by the parser\&. +Specifically, this switch turns off parsing of all client commands except \eC +and DELIMITER in non-interactive mode (i\&.e\&., when binary mode is combined +with either 1) piped input, 2) the --batch mysql option, or 3) the 'source' +command)\&. Also, in binary mode, occurrences of '\er\en' and ASCII '\e0' are +preserved within strings, whereas by default, '\er\en' is translated to '\en' +and '\e0' is disallowed in user input\&. .RE .sp .RS 4 |