title: MySQL binary log file not being created - Windows XP
body: <p>I've installed MySQL as part of XAMPP.</p>
  
  <p>While attempting to <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/replication-howto-masterbaseconfig.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">set up replication</a>, I've added the following lines to c:\windows\my.ini:</p>
  
  <p>[mysqld]<br>
  log-bin=C:/mysql-bin<br>
  server-id=1</p>
  
  <p>As you can see, I've specified a full path name for the logging file, so there should be no doubt about where it is. I've also used a forward slash as <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/windows-create-option-file.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">recommended</a>. I've confirmed in WinMySQLadmin that my.ini is being read.</p>
  
  <p>I've run an INSERT query, and confirmed in phpMyAdmin that the table is updated. I've done a FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK. At the link above, that's the recommended next step in setting up replication, but just in case output to the log file was being buffered, I hoped this would flush it. But no files of the form mysql-bin* appear anywhere on the C: drive. Can anyone help?</p>