--- mysqlhotcopy	2006-10-20 21:39:53.000000000 -0700
+++ mysqlhotcopy.disp	2006-12-06 17:27:23.000000000 -0800
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Usage: $0 db_name[./table_regex/] [new_d
   --resetslave         reset the master.info once all tables are locked
   --tmpdir=#	       temporary directory (instead of $opt_tmpdir)
   --record_log_pos=#   record slave and master status in specified db.table
+  --display_log_pos    output the binarly log and position to stdout
   --chroot=#           base directory of chroot jail in which mysqld operates
 
   Try \'perldoc $0\' for more complete documentation
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ GetOptions( \%opt,
     "suffix=s",
     "checkpoint=s",
     "record_log_pos=s",
+    "display_log_pos",
     "flushlog",
     "resetmaster",
     "resetslave",
@@ -444,7 +446,7 @@ foreach my $rdb ( @db_desc ) {
 # read lock all the tables we'll be copying
 # in order to get a consistent snapshot of the database
 
-if ( $opt{checkpoint} || $opt{record_log_pos} ) {
+if ( $opt{checkpoint} || $opt{record_log_pos} || $opt{display_log_pos} ) {
   # convert existing READ lock on checkpoint and/or log_pos table into WRITE lock
   foreach my $table ( grep { defined } ( $opt{checkpoint}, $opt{record_log_pos} ) ) {
     $hc_locks .= ", $table WRITE" 
@@ -475,6 +477,11 @@ else {
     $dbh->do( "RESET MASTER" ) if ( $opt{resetmaster} );
     $dbh->do( "RESET SLAVE" ) if ( $opt{resetslave} );
 
+    if ( $opt{display_log_pos} ) {
+	display_log_pos( $dbh );
+	$dbh->do("FLUSH TABLES /*!32323 $hc_tables */");
+    }
+
     if ( $opt{record_log_pos} ) {
 	record_log_pos( $dbh, $opt{record_log_pos} );
 	$dbh->do("FLUSH TABLES /*!32323 $hc_tables */");
@@ -740,6 +747,13 @@ sub retire_directory {
     }
 }
 
+sub display_log_pos {
+	my ( $dbh ) = @_;
+        my ($file,$position) = get_row( $dbh, "show master status" );
+        die "master status is undefined" if !defined $file || !defined $position;
+	print "Binary Log File is $file at position $position\n";
+}
+
 sub record_log_pos {
     my ( $dbh, $table_name ) = @_;