At 23:46 2002-10-04, Chris Couture wrote: >1 - Where does mySQL normally store it's data base >files? > >***** From what I have seen, it depends on how you install it. You can >check in the my.ini file and that will let you know where it is.
On Linux (which I believe is the one in question) it normally goes in /var/lib/mysql/, but... >2 - Can you change the default directory for a data >base? > >***** Yes, you can change this in the my.ini file. Yes >3 - How do you get Linux to search the entire disk for >a file? > >***** Do you have any type of shell over linux? They usually offer some >sort of search. You might want to look at installing webmin, it makes >it easy to control a lot of things on your linux bot via a web based >control center. type "man find" (without the quotes!) and it will tell You more than You wish to know about finding files on Your system. The quick and dirty on finding a file named kkk.ttt is: prompt# find / -name kkk.ttt --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
