Bug #66184 mysqldump: Got an error writing communication packets, Error_code: 1160
Submitted: 3 Aug 2012 12:33 Modified: 16 Dec 2014 21:29
Reporter: K Vargo Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: mysqldump Command-line Client Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:5.1.62, 5.5.25a OS:Linux (RHEL-5.x)
Assigned to: Assigned Account CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: 1160

File: Maximum allowed size is 50MB.
Description:
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If the data you need to attach is more than 50MB, you should create a compressed archive of the data, split it to 50MB chunks, and upload each of them as a separate attachment.

To split a large file: