But here you do not specify the --data "c:\Program Files\........" option. The space couldn't be handled by the mysqld-nt exe, I believe it could have something to do with the fact that it interprets the arguments as 3 strings instead of 2.
Regards Tobias Tobias Eriksson ComOpt AB Michael Löfmans gata 6 254 38 Helsingborg, Sweden Direct: +46 42 389918 Phone: +46 42 389900 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Egor Egorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 16 September 2002 15:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: re: Start mysqld-nt from command line with SPACES in the path, how? Tobias, Monday, September 16, 2002, 2:33:10 PM, you wrote: TE> I am trying to start up the database, mysql, on a windows machine. TE> I installed it into a dir under c:\Program Files\ComOpt\CellOpt TE> AFP\database\. As you can see there are SPACEs here, if I am using TE> the config file; c:\winnt\my.ini everything is working just fine, TE> however when I try to start the server from the command line it TE> breaks. It can not work with spaces on the command line. The problem TE> is you see that I have to get it wokring this way, as I would like TE> to use, start up, mysql on the machine without beeing dependent on TE> any other previous or current installations (no old my.ini for TE> example). All the config files are located in any of three places, TE> unfortunately that is rather difficult to handle with several mysql TE> database running at the same time. So what I want is to be able to TE> run several mysql servers completely independet from one another. TE> Has anyone started the server without using the config files, TE> straight from the command line using SPACES in the path to the main TE> mysql directory. Yes, and it worked well: E:\> "E:\Program Files\MySQL4.0.3\bin\mysqld-max-nt.exe" --standalone --console 020916 15:57:47 InnoDB: Out of memory in additional memory pool. InnoDB: InnoDB will start allocating memory from the OS. InnoDB: You may get better performance if you configure a bigger InnoDB: value in the MySQL my.cnf file for InnoDB: innodb_additional_mem_pool_size. 020916 15:57:47 InnoDB: Started E:\Program Files\MySQL4.0.3\bin\mysqld-max-nt.exe: ready for connections -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
