New System Variables: 1) log_bin_index Description: File that holds the names for last binlog files. Commandline: --log-bin-index=name Scope: Global Dynamic: No Data Type: string 2) log_bin_basename Description: The full path of the binary log file names, excluding the extension. Commandline: No commandline option Scope: Global Dynamic: No Data Type: string 3) relay_log_basename Description: The full path of the relay log file names, excluding the extension. Commandline: No commandline option Scope: Global Dynamic: No Data Type: string Other changes: * The implementation of --relay-log-index has been decoupled with relay_log_index system variable (like --log-bin-index/log_bin_index). As a result relay_log_index system variable will now hold the full path name of relay log index file.