mysql.server

MYSQL.SERVER(1)		    MySQL Database System	      MYSQL.SERVER(1)



NAME
       mysql.server - MySQL server startup script

SYNOPSIS
       mysql {start|stop}

DESCRIPTION
       MySQL distributions on Unix include a script named mysql.server. It
       can be used on systems such as Linux and Solaris that use System
       V-style run directories to start and stop system services. It is also
       used by the Mac OS X Startup Item for MySQL.

       mysql.server can be found in the support-files directory under your
       MySQL installation directory or in a MySQL source distribution.

       If you use the Linux server RPM package (MySQL-server-VERSION.rpm),
       the mysql.server script will be installed in the /etc/init.d directory
       with the name mysql. You need not install it manually. See Section 4,
       “Installing MySQL on Linux”, for more information on the Linux RPM
       packages.

       Some vendors provide RPM packages that install a startup script under
       a different name such as mysqld.

       If you install MySQL from a source distribution or using a binary
       distribution format that does not install mysql.server automatically,
       you can install it manually. Instructions are provided in
       Section 10.2.2, “Starting and Stopping MySQL Automatically”.

       mysql.server reads options from the [mysql.server] and [mysqld]
       sections of option files. For backward compatibility, it also reads
       [mysql_server] sections, although you should rename such sections to
       [mysql.server] when you begin using MySQL 4.0 or later.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1997-2006 MySQL AB

       This documentation is NOT distributed under a GPL license. Use of this
       documentation is subject to the following terms: You may create a
       printed copy of this documentation solely for your own personal use.
       Conversion to other formats is allowed as long as the actual content
       is not altered or edited in any way. You shall not publish or
       distribute this documentation in any form or on any media, except if
       you distribute the documentation in a manner similar to how MySQL
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       with the software) or on a CD-ROM or similar medium, provided however
       that the documentation is disseminated together with the software on
       the same medium. Any other use, such as any dissemination of printed
       copies or use of this documentation, in whole or in part, in another
       publication, requires the prior written consent from an authorized
       representative of MySQL AB. MySQL AB reserves any and all rights to
       this documentation not expressly granted above.

       Please email <docs@mysql.com> for more information.

SEE ALSO
       isamchk(1), isamlog(1), msql2mysql(1), myisam_ftdump(1), myisamchk(1),
       myisamlog(1), myisampack(1), mysql(1), mysql_config(1),
       mysql_explain_log(1), mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1), mysql_zap(1),
       mysqlaccess(1), mysqladmin(1), mysqlbinlog(1), mysqlcheck(1),
       mysqld(1), mysqld(8), mysqld_multi(1), mysqld_safe(1), mysqldump(1),
       mysqlhotcopy(1), mysqlimport(1), mysqlshow(1), pack_isam(1),
       perror(1), replace(1), safe_mysqld(1)

       For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual,
       which may already be installed locally and which is also available
       online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR
       MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).  This software comes with no
       warranty.



MySQL 4.1			  11/02/2006		      MYSQL.SERVER(1)