On Oct 28, 2017, at 09:45, Murray Eisenberg wrote: > > As I indicated, I am _not_ using launchd to manage mysql.server (as I do not > want to keep the server running, but rather run only on occasion that I need > it). > > If I understand correctly, “mysql.server start” calls mysql_safe, which in > turn calls mysqld. > > So is it not correct if I want to manage the mysql server in strictly a > manual way, starting and stopping it when I want to, then "mysql.server > start" and “mysql.server.stop” is an appropriate way to do it?
Sure.
