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Does the prepare step touch all the files inside the backup directory, not the files on /var/lib/mysql directory? If we perform 'prepare' right after backup, it helps to save the time to 'prepare' the backup files for restoration. Does it the reason why we should perform 'prepare' immediately right after the backup? If the 'prepare' time is insignificant, is it no difference whether we do the 'prepare' step right after the backup, or just before db restoration?