You can relocate an entire database with a symbolic link: ln -s /path/to/database/files /var/lib/mysql/database_name
--jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Niranjan Patel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 10:50 AM Subject: Default data dir > Hello > > In my case Default data files directory is > /var/lib/mysql. I want to store all files of one > database in another directory. > > Is there a way we can specify data directory per > database. Or else can we change the entire data > directoy of mysql. > I tried to change it using my.cnf but I guess i missed > something. can someone point me to exact steps > > Thanks > Niranjan > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > http://faith.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
