Add: datadir=/path/to/datadir/mysql to your my.cnf file and restart mysql.
-----Original Message----- From: Tina Matter [mailto:ti...@umich.edu] Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 8:22 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: URGENT: Change Default Location of where Database Files get written? I have a MySQL question that I'm hoping someone can help answer. We have a linux machine which has MySQL 5.5.8 installed. It is currently installed in this location: /opt/mysql When creating a new database, a folder (with the name of the databas) gets created in this location: /opt/mysql/data Is there any way to change the location of where data is stored? The database that I need to create is going to have over a billion records in it, so it needs to be in a specific place. I want the database folder to get created here: /science/databases/databasename Thanks for any help. Tina -- Tina Matter Web Applications Developer University of Michigan Department of Epidemiology 1415 Washington Heights, Suite 4605 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=dch...@invenda.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
