Yup. It's definitely there and definitely being accessed when I start up mysql -- for fun, I tried removing it (temporarily, natch) and starting mysql and got different errors.
jf On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Victor Pendleton wrote: > When you ls to /database/var do you see the mysql/ directory? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Victor Pendleton > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] '; ''[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' ' > Sent: 7/9/04 4:15 PM > Subject: RE: problem upgrading from 4.1.0-alpha to 4.1.3-beta on Solaris 9 > > Okay, I changed the datadir to /database/var, same error. The symlink > is > definitely valid: when doing cd and ls and such I always use the > symlink. > > jf > > On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Victor Pendleton wrote: > > > Is the symlink still valid? Can you point the data directory variable > to > > this location and see if the MySQL server starts up? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: Victor Pendleton > > Cc: 'John Fink '; '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > > Sent: 7/9/04 4:08 PM > > Subject: RE: problem upgrading from 4.1.0-alpha to 4.1.3-beta on > Solaris 9 > > > > > > > > On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Victor Pendleton wrote: > > > > > What is the location of your data/mysql directory? > > > > > > > It's actually in /database/var. There's a symlink in /opt/mysql that > > points it over. Could a symlink be the problem? > > > > jf > > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
