I'm at total loss. apparently, error 13 relates to file permissions? what could possibly be preventing the import?
<http://paste.husk.org/8073> for: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ll /tmp/abc.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 thufir thufir 33 Apr 12 06:59 /tmp/abc.txt [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat /tmp/abc.txt A1, B1, C1 A2, B2, C2 A3, B3, C3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ mysql -u root Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 5 to server version: 5.0.27 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | alpha | | bravo | | charlie | | delta | | mysql | | test | +--------------------+ 7 rows in set (0.09 sec) mysql> use delta; Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Database changed mysql> show tables; +-----------------+ | Tables_in_delta | +-----------------+ | abc | +-----------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> describe abc; +-------+------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------+------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | a | text | NO | | | | | b | text | NO | | | | | c | text | NO | | | | +-------+------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> LOAD DATA INFILE '/tmp/abc.txt' INTO TABLE delta.abc FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LINES TERMINATED BY '/r/n'; ERROR 13 (HY000): Can't get stat of '/tmp/abc.txt' (Errcode: 13) mysql> exit Bye [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ date Thu Apr 12 08:53:37 BST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ (I've even tried it as root, same result. this implies to me that the source of the message is with mysql rather than linux per se.) thanks, Thufir -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]