mysqld_multi(1) MySQL database mysqld_multi(1) NAME mysqld_multi - is meant for managing several mysqld processes running in(1,8) different UNIX sockets and TCP/IP ports. USAGE mysqld_multi [OPTIONS] {start|stop|report} [GNR,GNR,GNR...] SYNOPSIS mysqld_multi [--config-file=...] [--example] [--help] [--log=...] [--mysqladmin=...] [--mysqld=...] [--no-log] [--password=...] [--tcp-ip] [--user=...] [--version] DESCRIPTION mysqld_multi --config-file=... Alternative config(1,5) file. NOTE: This will not affect this pro- grams own options (group [mysqld_multi]), but only groups [mysqld#]. Without this option everything will be searched from the ordinary my.cnf file. --example Give an example of a config(1,5) file. --help Print this help and exit. --log=... Log file. Full path to and the name for the log file. NOTE: If the file(1,n) exists, everything will be appended. --mysqladmin=... mysqladmin binary to be used for a server shutdown. --mysqld=... mysqld binary to be used. Note that you can give mysqld_safe to this option also. The options are passed to mysqld. Just make sure you have mysqld in(1,8) your environment variable PATH or fix mysqld_safe. --no-log Print to stdout instead of the log file. By default the log file(1,n) is turned on. --password=... Password for user for mysqladmin. --tcp-ip Connect to the MySQL server(s) via the TCP/IP port instead of the UNIX socket. This affects stopping and reporting. If a socket(2,7,n) file(1,n) is missing, the server may still be running, but can be accessed only via the TCP/IP port. By default connecting is done via the UNIX socket. --user=... MySQL user for mysqladmin. --version Print the version(1,3,5) number and exit. NOTE Please see the mysql manual for more detailed information on this. SEE ALSO isamchk(1), isamlog(1), mysql(1), mysqlaccess(1), mysqladmin(1), mysqld(1), mysqld_safe(1), mysqldump(1), mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1), mysqlshow(1), mysql_zap(1), perror(1,3)(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 4.0.21 Michael (Monty) Widenius (monty@mysql.com), MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/). This software comes with no warranty. Manual page by L. (Kill-9) Pedersen (kill-9@kill-9.dk), Mercurmedia Data Model Architect / system developer (http://www.mercurmedia.com) MySQL 4.0 19 December 2000 mysqld_multi(1)