setting the data directory.
Hi All, I am trying to find out how to change the location of the data files. I have not yet found a generic entry for the my.conf file to set a data and log location. Can I move the exiting data directory form the mySQL tree and put a soft link to a new location on another partition? thanks, Scott Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel.: (514) 917-4922 Fax: (514) 673-0011 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: setting the data directory.
Hi, There's a mysqld startup option --datadir=/path/to/data which you can use to alter your data directory. Simply adjust your startup scripts to suite. Regards, -Adam On 1/31/06, Scott Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I am trying to find out how to change the location of the data files. I have not yet found a generic entry for the my.conf file to set a data and log location. Can I move the exiting data directory form the mySQL tree and put a soft link to a new location on another partition? thanks, Scott Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel.: (514) 917-4922 Fax: (514) 673-0011 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Adam Alkins http://www.rasadam.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: setting the data directory.
Adam Alkins wrote: Hi, There's a mysqld startup option --datadir=/path/to/data which you can use to alter your data directory. Simply adjust your startup scripts to suite. Regards, -Adam On 1/31/06, Scott Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I am trying to find out how to change the location of the data files. I have not yet found a generic entry for the my.conf file to set a data and log location. Can I move the exiting data directory form the mySQL tree and put a soft link to a new location on another partition? thanks, Scott Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel.: (514) 917-4922 Fax: (514) 673-0011 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Adam Alkins http://www.rasadam.com Hi Scott and Adam, You don't even have to modify the startup scripts, just add datadir=/path/to/mysql/stuff to the my.cnf file and it will point to there. Regards -- David Logan South Australia when in trouble, or in doubt run in circles, scream and shout
