[CentOS] mysql-bin files - filling up the space.

Dear All Greetings,

i am seeking help from guys with mysql knowledge. i can see lot of these files in mysql directory. And they are eventually filling up the space on the server. what these files are? some exists with very old time stamps. such as February 2012. can these be deleted?

This Number Starts From -----------------------mysql-bin.000001

-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 159M Apr 25 12:24 mysql-bin.000197 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5M Apr 26 00:00 mysql-bin.000198 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 8.1M Apr 27 00:00 mysql-bin.000200

-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 125M MAY 27 20:29 mysql-bin.000230

Prabh S. Mavi