Hello Sean On 2005-03-03 sean finney wrote: > On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 09:32:28AM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote: > > We now have three choices: > > - just do /etc/init.d/mysql stop and if the server is still running > > afterwards it's bad luck > > - stick with the current way of killing all mysqld > > - improving the script to maybe first fetch the PID out of the .pid file, > > then do /etc/init.d/mysql stop and after that check ps just for the pid. > > > > I'm for 3. - any volunteers for a proper patch? :) > > sure, but one question first. would it be okay to assume the pidfile > is in /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid, or should we have to parse the > output of /usr/bin/mysqld --print-defaults for the pidfile?
Let's stay flexible, take something like this: $ /usr/sbin/mysqld --print-defaults \ | tr " " "\n" \ | grep -- --pid-file \ | cut -d= -f2 bye, -christian- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]