Mysql:"error: 1016: Can't open file:"

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"error: 1016: Can't open file:"</h2> If it's from an orphaned file, not in the database
but on disk, then, the disk file may need to be deleted.

myisamchk can help with damaged files. It's best to stop the database.

# su -
# mysqladmin shutdown

# cd /usr/local/var/database
# myisamchk *

# /etc/init.d/mysql restart
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