Hi! mysqld thinks some character pairs like \b and \s are special characters. You should replace
basedir=C:\mysql\bin language=c:\mysql\share\english\ by basedir=C:/mysql/bin language=c:/mysql/share/english/ mysqld will internally convert those slashes to backslashes on Windows. Best regards, Heikki Tuuri Innobase Oy http://www.innodb.com Transactions, foreign keys, and a hot backup tool for MySQL Order MySQL technical support from https://order.mysql.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mysql" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: mailing.database.mysql Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 4:12 AM Subject: Changing error message > now when using the > C:\mysql\bin\mysqld --standalone > > the error message changes to: > Can't find messagefile 'c:mysql hare\english\errmsg.sys' > > NO that is not typed incorrectly! mysql is has no idea where is wants to > find that file. > > I have downloaded the file twice now, with same result > > below is a copy of C:\windows\my.ini > > > # This will be passed to all mysql clients > [client] > #password=my_password > port=3306 > #socket=MySQL > > > # The MySQL server > > [mysqld] > basedir=C:\mysql\bin > datadir=C:\mysql\data > language=c:\mysql\share\english\ > port=3306 > #socket=MySQL > skip-locking > set-variable = key_buffer=256M > set-variable = max_allowed_packet=1M > set-variable = table_cache=256 > set-variable = sort_buffer=1M > set-variable = record_buffer=1M > set-variable = myisam_sort_buffer_size=64M > set-variable = thread_cache=8 > # Try number of CPU's*2 for thread_concurrency > # set-variable = thread_concurrency=8 > log-bin > server-id = 1 > > [mysqldump] > quick > set-variable = max_allowed_packet=16M > > [mysql] > no-auto-rehash > safe-updates > > [isamchk] > set-variable = key_buffer=128M > set-variable = sort_buffer=128M > set-variable = read_buffer=2M > set-variable = write_buffer=2M > > [myisamchk] > set-variable = key_buffer=128M > set-variable = sort_buffer=128M > set-variable = read_buffer=2M > set-variable = write_buffer=2M > > [mysqlhotcopy] > interactive-timeout > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]