Please DO NOT delete or compress mysql-bin logs. They are used by MySQL slaves. Anything done to them without a careful purge will break replication.

Here is what needs to be done:

On cihcisdweb201, for example:

#> mysql -uroot -S /tmp/mysql.sock

mysql> show master status;
+——————+———–+————–+——————+
| File | Position | Binlog_Do_DB | Binlog_Ignore_DB |
+——————+———–+————–+——————+
| mysql-bin.000017 | 968373696 | | |
+——————+———–+————–+——————+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> PURGE MASTER LOGS BEFORE ‘2009-12-04 12:02:00′ ;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.04 sec)

In this case, use a proper date (you could choose the date-time 2 Hrs before the time you are executing the query). This will cleanup the logs for you and update the bin log index… And will not break replication.