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safe_mysqld(1)

start the mysqld daemon on Unix.

L 3.23" "MySQL database"

NAME

safe_mysqld - start the mysqld daemon on Unix.

SYNOPSIS

safe_mysqld [--basedir=path] [--core-file-size=#] [--defaults-extra-file=path] [--defaults-file=path] [--open-files=#] [--datadir=path] [--err-log=path] [--ledir=path] [--log=path] [--no-defaults] [--open-files=#] [--pid-file=path] [--port=#] [--socket=path] [--timezone=#] [--user=#]

DESCRIPTION

safe_mysqld adds some safety features such as restarting the server when an error occurs and logging run-time information to a log file.

--basedir=path
--core-file-size=#
--defaults-extra-file=path
--defaults-file=path
--open-files=#

Size of the core file mysqld should be able to create. Passed to ulimit -c.

--datadir=path
--err-log=path
--ledir=path

Path to mysqld

--log=path
--no-defaults
--open-files=#

Number of files mysqld should be able to open. Passed to ulimit -n.

--pid-file=path
--port=#
--socket=path
--timezone=#

Set the timezone (the TZ) variable to the value of this parameter.

--user=#

NOTE

Note that all options on the command line to safe_mysqld are passed to mysqld. If you wants to use any options in safe_mysqld that mysqld doesn't support, you must specify these in the option file.

SEE ALSO

isamchk (1), isamlog (1), mysqlaccess (1), mysqladmin (1), mysqlbug (1), mysqld (1), mysqldump (1), mysqlshow (1), msql2mysql (1), perror (1), replace (1), safe_mysqld (1), which1 (1), zap (1),

AUTHOR

Ver 1.0, distribution 3.23.29a Michael (Monty) Widenius ([email protected]), TCX Datakonsult AB (http://www.tcx.se). This software comes with no warranty. Manual page by L. (Kill-9) Pedersen ([email protected]), Mercurmedia Data Model Architect / system developer (http://www.mercurmedia.com)

History

--basedir since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --core-file-size since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --datadir since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --defaults-extra-file since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --defaults-file since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --err-log since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --ledir since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --log since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --no-defaults since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --open-files since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --pid-file since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --port since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --socket since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --timezone since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --user since Debian 3.0 (Woody).