Hello.
Changing the basedir variable doesn't automatically changes the datadir
variable.
This can produce the problems. I've reported a bug:
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=7873
You can use my suggested patch or specify the options in the option file. See:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/
I've got a question the mysql.server script (came with 4.0.12 and 4.1.8
at with the Linux binary distribution) . My shell scripting knowledge is
not even good enough to be called 'limited', but here goes:
I'm trying to use mysql.server (Redhat 9) to start MySQL in a
non-standard location.
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