If you still have the mysqld binary and you _think_ it is version 5.3.something, you could try this:
strings /usr/libexec/mysqld | grep "5.3.*" The version # should be somewhere near the top of the output. (Is on my copy anyway, of 5.0.x) ------------------------------ *Johnny Withers* jwith...@ecashsoftware.com 601.919.2275 x112 [image: eCash Software Systems] On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 12:00 PM, george larson <george.g.lar...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Shawn Green (MySQL) wrote: > > On 9/10/2010 10:01 AM, george larson wrote: > >> > >> Uwe Brauer wrote: > >> ... > >> The only one I know of, for my environment, is /etc/my.cnf. I believe > >> that it can be located elsewhere but you could just use 'find' to find > >> it. I've broken my dev. MySQL many, many times and that's the only file > >> I know about outside of my data directory. :) > >> > >> I don't have any good ideas about discerning precisely what version of > >> MySQL was running, though. > >> > > > > The error log will have the version information. Each successful > > startup includes something similar to > > > > 100910 7:50:30 [Note] mysqld: ready for connections. > > Version: '5.1.48-enterprise-gpl-advanced' socket: '' port: 3306 > > MySQL Enterprise Server - Advanced Edition (GPL) > > > > For more information on how to locate the error log: > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/error-log.html > > > That's a neat trick and I don't mean to steal the thread but that didn't > work for me: > > --- > :/var/lib/mysql # head mysqld.log > 100910 12:50:09 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from > /var/lib/mysql > 100910 12:50:09 [Warning] option 'table_cache': unsigned value 536870912 > adjusted to 524288 > 100910 12:50:09 [Warning] The syntax '--log_slow_queries' is deprecated > and will be removed in MySQL 7.0. Please use > '--slow_query_log'/'--slow_query_log_file' instead. > 100910 12:50:09 [Warning] Changed limits: max_open_files: 65535 > max_connections: 50 table_cache: 32737 > 100910 12:50:09 [Note] Plugin 'ndbcluster' is disabled. > 100910 12:50:09 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled. > --- > > I'm going to comb through my 'my.cnf' to see if it might have somehow > been disabled. > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=joh...@pixelated.net > > -- ----------------------------- Johnny Withers 601.209.4985 joh...@pixelated.net
