Aaron Brick writes:
> hi all,
>
> in debian, the /etc/init.d/mysql script waits for the appearance of
> /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid to conclude that the server has started. since
> the red hat init script does not do that, my program's own installer has to.
> however we have had a report that waiting for the pidfile is not enough;
> that the server wasn't ready for connections even after the file appeared.
> is that possible, and how can we (in sh) better determine when the server is
> up and ready?
>
> thanks,
>
> aaron brick.
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Absolutely the best way to do it is:
mysqladmin ping
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