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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 2.10, "Installing MySQL from RPM Packages 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 2.17.2.2, "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 using MySQL 5.0.

       mysql.server supports the following options:

       •   --basedir=path

           The path to the MySQL installation directory.

       •   --datadir=path

           The path to the MySQL data directory.

       •   --pid-file=file_name

           The path name of the file in which the server should write its process ID.

       •   --service-startup-timeout=file_name

           How long in seconds to wait for confirmation of server startup. If the server does not start
           within this time, mysql.server exits with an error. The default value is 900. A value of 0 means
           not to wait at all for startup. Negative values mean to wait forever (no timeout). This option
           was added in MySQL 5.0.40. Before that, a value of 900 is always used.

       •   --use-mysqld_safe

           Use mysqld_safe to start the server. This is the default. This option was added in MySQL 5.0.4.

       •   --use-manager

           Use Instance Manager to start the server. This option was added in MySQL 5.0.4.

       •   --user=user_name

           The login user name to use for running mysqld. This option was added in MySQL 5.0.4.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.

       This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of
       the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the
       License.

       This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
       General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not,
       write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301
       USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.


SEE ALSO
       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
       Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).



MySQL 5.0                                        11/09/2009                                  MYSQL.SERVER(1)