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Advantages of using myisamchk over mysqlcheck?

I have been using MySQL for a number of years, and have got used to the occasional crash (some due to dodgy hardware, other due to dodgy code). When checinking/repairing tables, I have always used mysqlcheck after the server has started up again.

Recently I had the luxury of not having to get the crashed server up immediately, so I tried out myisamchk. This seemed (v. subjective) to take longer to rnu than the normal mysqlcheck and gave a lot more feedback as to what it was doing, compared to mysqlcheck's 'OK' status.

Are there any advantages to using myisamchk over mysqlcheck when checking/repairing MyISAM tables in MySQL?

Can myisamchk find problems that mysqlcheck cannot?

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