I changed mysql_safe to mysqld_safe and it is still sending the error output to $HOSTNAME.err
-----Original Message----- From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 11:17 AM To: Luc Foisy; MYSQL-List (E-mail) Subject: Re: mysql error file At 10:10 -0400 4/7/04, Luc Foisy wrote: >I have the following in my /etc/my.cnf > >[mysqld] >datadir=/usr/data/mysql >pid-file=/usr/data/mysql/mysql.pid >socket=/usr/data/mysql/mysql.sock >user=mysql > >[mysql_safe] >log-error=/usr/data/mysql/mysql.err > >[client] >socket=/usr/data/mysql/mysql.sock > >I tried originally to put the log-error= in the [mysqld] section and >it errored out, believe I read somewhere then that it should be in >the [mysql_safe] section >My log file is still writing to $HOSTNAME.err > >Is me /etc/my.cnf file wrong in some way? You might want to use [mysqld_safe] rather than [mysql_safe]. -- Paul DuBois, MySQL Documentation Team Madison, Wisconsin, USA MySQL AB, www.mysql.com MySQL Users Conference: April 14-16, 2004 http://www.mysql.com/uc2004/ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]