On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Michael Dykman <mdyk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Larry, > > Nothing in the mysql startup files ever removes any directories of any kind. > > At a guess: only my clients who work on Macs ever report this king of > 'disappearing folder' behaviour. And every time it turn out to be Time > Machine. Ask around on those lists.
I'm not running time machine on this box. I realize it's Mac specific, I just thought someone here might have experienced and solved this. Thanks for the reply. > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Larry Martell <larry.mart...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I just set up mysql on Mac OS 10.8. Each time after the machine is >> rebooted the server fails to start with: >> >> 2013-04-13 14:09:54 12222 [ERROR] /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: Can't >> create/write to file '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid' (Errcode: 2 - No >> such file or directory) >> >> Because the /var/run/mysqld dir does not exist. I have to create it >> manually then the server starts. But I have to do this after each >> reboot, which is a pain. Anyone know why the /var/run/mysqld dir gets >> deleted, or how to get around this? >> >> -- >> MySQL General Mailing List >> For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql >> To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql >> > > > > -- > - michael dykman > - mdyk...@gmail.com > > May the Source be with you. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
