Hi Chris, Not sure which OS you are using, but in case you use Linux you should try
info mysql You will most probably find what you are after. Best regards Nils Valentin 2003年 6月 12日 木曜日 07:18、Chris McKeever さんは書きました: > I also found out that > > mysqld --help provides a whole lot more of the information that I was > looking for than just mysql --help! > > whoops > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:15 PM > > To: Chris McKeever; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: configuration questions - newbie getting up-to-speed > > > > At 17:04 -0500 6/11/03, Chris McKeever wrote: > > >Sorry from the low-level posts, but I am trying to get my > > > > grips around some > > > > >simple set-up configuration. > > > > > >- What exactly does basedir do? It defauts to / which to me > > > > means it is at > > > > >the 'base' of the filesystem. Why/when would you need to > > > > change it (since > > > > >you would only be moving it up levels - or down depending > > > > how you look at > > > > >it). > > > > It's the base (root) directory of your MySQL installation. If it's > > defaulting to / on your system, I'd guess that you have a system > > that doesn't place all the MySQL-related files under a single > > directory. > > Another typical value is /usr/local/mysql, or C:\mysql on Windows. > > > > I wouldn't worry about changing it if you have no particular > > reason to. > > > > >- What does server-specific options mean (as in placing the > > > > my.cnf for > > > > >server-specific)? Isnt mysql running on the server itself > > > > and the global > > > > >my.cnf handles that? Or is this for something in regards to multiple > > >daemons running? > > > > Yes, multiple servers. You can run several servers on a given machine > > (I have several dozen different ones on one of my systems), > > and you need > > to supply server-specific values for several of the options > > to keep them > > from interfering with each other. For example, the TCP/IP port they > > listen to must be different for each server. > > > > >- Am I correct ot assume the MYSQL 4.0 default to using > > > > innodb data files? > > > > Yes. See: > > > > http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Nutshell_4.0_features.html > > > > >- Is there documentation (or the ability) to specifiy different data > > >directories for different database systems. > > > > Huh? > > > > >I found a nice howto that is pretty low-level: > > >http://astro.temple.edu/~kumar/MySQLRepPro/Installing_MySQL.htm > > >which got me going with a few questions, but the couple > > > > questions I can't > > > > >figure out. > > > > > >Once again, if anyone can point to some other online howto's > > > > and basic > > > > >administration, that would be great > > > > > >Thanks > > > > > >Chris > > > > -- > > Paul DuBois, Senior Technical Writer > > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > > MySQL AB, www.mysql.com > > > > Are you MySQL certified? http://www.mysql.com/certification/ -- --- Valentin Nils Internet Technology E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.knowd.co.jp Personal URL: http://www.knowd.co.jp/staff/nils -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
