Tuesday, May 18, 2010

MySQL - Installation layout

The installation layout of the directory is as shown in the following table:


Directory Contents of Directory
bin Client programs and the mysqld server
data Log files, databases
docs Manual in Info format
include Include (header) files
lib Libraries
man Unix manual pages
mysql-test MySQL test suite
scripts Contains the mysql_install_db script
share/mysql Error message files
sql-bench Benchmarks
support-files Scripts and sample configuration files
/tmp/mysql.sock The location of the MySQL Unix socket

During the package installer process, a symbolic link from /usr/local/mysql to the version/platform specific directory created during installation will be created automatically.

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