safe_mysqld(1)							  MySQL database						    safe_mysqld(1)

NAME

       mysqld_safe - start the mysqld daemon on Unix.

SYNOPSIS

       mysqld_safe  [--basedir=path]  [--core-file-size=#]  [--defaults-extra-file=path]  [--defaults-file=path] [--open-files=#] [--datadir=path]
       [--err-log=path] [--ledir=path] [--log=path] [--no-defaults] [--open-files=#] [--pid-file=path] [--port=#]  [--socket=path]  [--timezone=#]
       [--user=#]

DESCRIPTION

       mysqld_safe adds some safety features such as restarting the server when an error occurs and logging run-time information to a log file.

       --basedir=path

       --core-file-size=#
	      Size of the core file mysqld should be able to create. Passed to ulimit -c.

       --defaults-extra-file=path

       --defaults-file=path

       --datadir=path

       --err-log=path

       --ledir=path
	      Path to mysqld

       --log=path

       --no-defaults

       --open-files=#
	      Number of files mysqld should be able to open. Passed to ulimit -n.

       --pid-file=path

       --port=#

       --socket=path

       --timezone=#
	      Set the timezone (the TZ) variable to the value of this parameter.

       --user=#

NOTE

       Note  that  all options on the command line to mysqld_safe are passed to mysqld. If you wants to use any options in mysqld_safe that mysqld
       doesn't support, you must specify these in the option file.

SEE ALSO

       isamchk(1), isamlog(1), mysql(1), mysqlaccess(1), mysqladmin(1), mysqld(1), mysqld_multi(1),  mysqldump(1),  mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1),
       mysqlshow(1), mysql_zap(1), perror(1), replace(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://www.mysql.com/doc/en/

BUGS

       Please refer to http://bugs.mysql.com/ to report bugs.

AUTHOR

       Ver 1.0, distribution 4.0.24 Michael (Monty) Widenius (monty@mysql.com), MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com).  This software comes with no war-
       ranty.	Manual	page by L. (Kill-9) Pedersen (kill-9@kill-9.dk), Mercurmedia Data Model Architect / system developer (http://www.mercurme-
       dia.com)

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +--------------------+------------------------------------+
       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    |	       ATTRIBUTE VALUE		 |
       +--------------------+------------------------------------+
       |Availability	    | SUNWmysqlr, SUNWmysqlu, SUNWmysqlt |
       +--------------------+------------------------------------+
       |Interface Stability | External				 |
       +--------------------+------------------------------------+
NOTES

       Source for mysql is available on http://opensolaris.org.

MySQL 4.0							 19 December 2000						    safe_mysqld(1)