correct, dash (“-”) and underscore (“_”) may be used interchangeably. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/command-line-options.html On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 4:34 AM, Andrew Moore <eroomy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey! > > I asked this one a long time ago. They are interchangeable in most cases. I > can recall there was one or two options (pid-file and log-error...I > think?!) > that were funky with the '_' but I can't be sure that's still an issue. > > Try them out and don't worry too much about the aesthetics of the file. > > Andy > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Feng He <short...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > In mysql's config file my.cnf, are the variable names with "_" and "-" > the > > same? > > for example, > > > > log_error = ... > > log-error = ... > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > MySQL General Mailing List > > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=eroomy...@gmail.com > > > > > -- Best Regards, Prabhat Kumar MySQL DBA My Blog: http://adminlinux.blogspot.com My LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/profileprabhat
