5.3.2. mysql.server — MySQL Server Startup Script
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 2.4, “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 2.9.2.2, “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
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