----- Original Message -----
From: "Harpreet Kaur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 5:44 PM
Subject: mysqldump


> Dear group members
>
> I did a mysqldump on my machine at home to backup a database. I saved the
> file to the /home/backup folder at my work and am trying to restore the
> database using
> mysql databasename < /home/backup/backup_databasename.sql
>
> I get the following error:
> Cannot connetc to local mysql server through socket
'var/lib/mysql/mysql.soc
> (2)
>
> What is wrong. Please help.
>
> Regards,
> Harpreet kaur
>
>
It seems that your mysql server isn't launched.
Try
ps -Al | grep mysql

to see if there are somme mysql process up ...

Hope this help
David


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