it matters what you run the mysql client as
if I'm root
root: #> mysql -u foo -p
the program mysql is running as root and hense writes the history file to
root's home dir.
if I'm me
andrew: $> mysql -u foo -p
it'll write it to ~andrew/.mysql_history
regards,
-- Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Meesseman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 4:25 PM
Subject: history file
> Hi
>
> Does anyone know why no matter what user I log into my database undr, the
> only history file that is being written to is root's :
>
> /root/.mysql_history
>
> Why is a history file not created in the users home directory?
>
> Thank You so much to anyone who has the time to help.
>
> Scott
>
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