mysql.server(1)

NAME

       mysql.server - MySQL server startup script

SYNOPSIS

       mysql {start|stop}

DESCRIPTION

       MySQL distributions on Unix include a script named
       mysql.server. It can be used on systems such as Linux and
       Solaris that use System V-style run directories to start
       and stop system services. It is also used by the Mac OS X
       Startup Item for MySQL.

       mysql.server can be found in the support-files directory
       under your MySQL installation directory or in a MySQL
       source distribution.

       If you use the Linux server RPM package
       (MySQL-server-VERSION.rpm), the mysql.server script will
       be installed in the /etc/init.d directory with the name
       mysql. You need not install it manually. See Section 4,
       "Installing MySQL on Linux", for more information on the
       Linux RPM packages.

       Some vendors provide RPM packages that install a startup
       script under a different name such as mysqld.

       If you install MySQL from a source distribution or using a
       binary distribution format that does not install
       mysql.server automatically, you can install it manually.
       Instructions are provided in Section 9.2.2, "Starting and
       Stopping MySQL Automatically".

       mysql.server reads options from the [mysql.server] and
       [mysqld] sections of option files. For backward
       compatibility, it also reads [mysql_server] sections,
       although you should rename such sections to [mysql.server]
       when using MySQL 5.0.

SEE ALSO

       msql2mysql(1), myisamchk(1), myisamlog(1), myisampack(1),
       mysql(1), mysql_config(1), mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1),
       mysql_upgrade(1), mysql_zap(1), mysqlaccess(1),
       mysqladmin(1), mysqlbinlog(1), mysqlcheck(1), mysqld(1),
       mysqld_multi(1), mysqld_safe(1), mysqldump(1),
       mysqlhotcopy(1), mysqlimport(1), mysqlmanager(1),
       mysqlshow(1), perror(1), replace(1), safe_mysqld(1)

       For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference
       Manual, which may already be installed locally and which
       is also available online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR

       MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).  This software comes
       with no warranty.

MySQL 5.0                   03/04/2006        FBMYSQL.SERVERFR(1)