On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:55:52PM -0400, Philip Mak wrote:
>
> In Apache web server, the command used to start/stop the web server
> also has an option called "configtest". One can type "apache
> configtest" and it will tell you if the configuration file has a
> valid syntax. This is to save you from the situation where you
> modified the configuration file, then stop and start the server, but
> then realize that the configuration file is broken, so you can't
> start the server again until you fix it (bad in production
> environments!!).
Yes, it's very helpful.
> Does MySQL have a similar utility? (Suggestion: Perhaps
> support-files/mysql.server would benefit from the addition of a
> "configtest" switch. A "restart" switch that just does "stop" and
> then "start" would be nice too. Also "reload" to make the MySQL
> server reload the configuration file without restarting, if this is
> possible.)
That's a very good idea... :-)
Jeremy
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