Author: paul
Date: 2006-01-30 22:37:47 +0100 (Mon, 30 Jan 2006)
New Revision: 1137
Log:
r2718@kite-hub: paul | 2006-01-30 15:03:16 -0600
General revisions.
Modified:
trunk/
trunk/refman-4.1/installing.xml
trunk/refman-5.0/installing.xml
trunk/refman-5.1/installing.xml
Property changes on: trunk
___________________________________________________________________
Name: svk:merge
- b5ec3a16-e900-0410-9ad2-d183a3acac99:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:6940
bf112a9c-6c03-0410-a055-ad865cd57414:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:2715
+ b5ec3a16-e900-0410-9ad2-d183a3acac99:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:6940
bf112a9c-6c03-0410-a055-ad865cd57414:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:2718
Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/installing.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/installing.xml 2006-01-30 20:36:24 UTC (rev 1136)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/installing.xml 2006-01-30 21:37:47 UTC (rev 1137)
@@ -4582,6 +4582,20 @@
<title>&title-windows-server-first-start;</title>
<para>
+ This section gives a general overview of starting the MySQL
+ server. The following sections provide more specific information
+ for starting the MySQL server from the command line or as a
+ Windows service.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The information here applies primarily if you installed MySQL
+ using the <literal>Noinstall</literal> version, or if you wish
+ to configure and test MySQL manually rather than with the GUI
+ tools.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
On Windows 95, 98, or Me, MySQL clients always connect to the
server using TCP/IP. (This allows any machine on your network to
connect to your MySQL server.) Because of this, you must make
@@ -4620,13 +4634,6 @@
</para>
<para>
- This section gives a general overview of starting the MySQL
- server. The following sections provide more specific information
- for starting the MySQL server from the command line or as a
- Windows service.
- </para>
-
- <para>
The examples in these sections assume that MySQL is installed
under the default location of <filename>C:\mysql</filename>.
Adjust the pathnames shown in the examples if you have MySQL
@@ -4750,7 +4757,15 @@
</programlisting>
<para>
- This invokes the MySQL administrative utility
+ <emphasis role="bold">Note</emphasis>: If the MySQL
+ <literal>root</literal> user account has a password, you need to
+ invoke <command>mysqladmin</command> with the
+ <option>-p</option> option and supply the password when
+ prompted.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This command invokes the MySQL administrative utility
<command>mysqladmin</command> to connect to the server and tell
it to shut down. The command connects as the MySQL
<literal>root</literal> user, which is the default
@@ -4771,11 +4786,11 @@
</para>
<para>
- The last option is to start <command>mysqld</command> with
- <option>--standalone --debug</option>. In this case,
- <command>mysqld</command> writes a log file
- <filename>C:\mysqld.trace</filename> that should contain the
- reason why <command>mysqld</command> does not start. See
+ The last option is to start <command>mysqld</command> with the
+ <option>--standalone</option> and <option>--debug</option>
+ options. In this case, <command>mysqld</command> writes a log
+ file <filename>C:\mysqld.trace</filename> that should contain
+ the reason why <command>mysqld</command> doesn't start. See
<xref linkend="making-trace-files"/>.
</para>
@@ -4804,12 +4819,11 @@
<para>
The <command>Services</command> utility (the Windows
<command>Service Control Manager</command>) can be found in the
- Windows <guimenu>Control Panel</guimenu> (under
- <guimenuitem>Administrative Tools</guimenuitem> on Windows 2000,
- XP, and Server 2003). It is advisable to close the
+ Windows Control Panel (under <guimenuitem>Administrative
+ Tools</guimenuitem> on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003). To
+ avoid conflicts, it is advisable to close the
<command>Services</command> utility while performing server
- installation or removal operations from this command line. This
- prevents some odd errors.
+ installation or removal operations from the command line.
</para>
<para>
@@ -4823,7 +4837,15 @@
</programlisting>
<para>
- This invokes the MySQL administrative utility
+ <emphasis role="bold">Note</emphasis>: If the MySQL
+ <literal>root</literal> user account has a password, you need to
+ invoke this command as <command>mysqladmin</command> with the
+ <option>-p</option> option and supply the password when
+ prompted.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This command invokes the MySQL administrative utility
<command>mysqladmin</command> to connect to the server and tell
it to shut down. The command connects as the MySQL
<literal>root</literal> user, which is the default
@@ -4837,16 +4859,6 @@
</para>
<programlisting>
-C:\> <userinput>mysqld --install</userinput>
-</programlisting>
-
- <para>
- If you have problems installing <command>mysqld</command> as a
- service using just the server name, try installing it using its
- full pathname. For example:
- </para>
-
-<programlisting>
C:\> <userinput>C:\mysql\bin\mysqld --install</userinput>
</programlisting>
@@ -4976,7 +4988,7 @@
<literal>[mysqld]</literal> group from the standard option
files. However, because the <option>--defaults-file</option>
option is present, the server reads options from the
- <literal>[mysqld]</literal> option group, but only from the
+ <literal>[mysqld]</literal> option group, and only from the
named file.
</para>
@@ -5000,8 +5012,8 @@
Once a MySQL server has been installed as a service, Windows
starts the service automatically whenever Windows starts. The
service also can be started immediately from the
- <literal>Services</literal> utility, or by using the command
- <command>NET START MySQL</command>. The <command>NET</command>
+ <command>Services</command> utility, or by using a <command>NET
+ START MySQL</command> command. The <command>NET</command>
command is not case sensitive.
</para>
@@ -5019,9 +5031,9 @@
When a MySQL server has been installed as a service, and the
service is running, Windows stops the service automatically when
Windows shuts down. The server also can be stopped manually by
- using the <literal>Services</literal> utility, the command
- <command>NET STOP MySQL</command>, or the command
- <command>mysqladmin shutdown</command>.
+ using the <literal>Services</literal> utility, the <command>NET
+ STOP MySQL</command> command, or the <command>mysqladmin
+ shutdown</command> command.
</para>
<para>
@@ -5128,7 +5140,8 @@
rather than TCP/IP by specifying the <option>--pipe</option>
option or by specifying <literal>.</literal> (period) as the
host name. Use the <option>--socket</option> option to specify
- the name of the pipe. As of MySQL 4.1, you can use the
+ the name of the pipe if you do not want to use the default pipe
+ name. As of MySQL 4.1, you can use the
<option>--protocol=PIPE</option> option instead.
</para>
Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/installing.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/installing.xml 2006-01-30 20:36:24 UTC (rev 1136)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/installing.xml 2006-01-30 21:37:47 UTC (rev 1137)
@@ -4509,13 +4509,36 @@
</remark>
<para>
- The information in this section applies primarily if you
- installed MySQL using the <literal>Noinstall</literal> version,
- or if you wish to configure and test MySQL manually rather than
- with the GUI tools.
+ This section gives a general overview of starting the MySQL
+ server. The following sections provide more specific information
+ for starting the MySQL server from the command line or as a
+ Windows service.
</para>
<para>
+ The information here applies primarily if you installed MySQL
+ using the <literal>Noinstall</literal> version, or if you wish
+ to configure and test MySQL manually rather than with the GUI
+ tools.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The examples in these sections assume that MySQL is installed
+ under the default location of <filename>C:\Program
+ Files\MySQL\MySQL Server ¤t-series;</filename>. Adjust the
+ pathnames shown in the examples if you have MySQL installed in a
+ different location.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ On NT-based systems such as Windows NT, 2000, XP, or 2003,
+ clients have two options. They can use TCP/IP, or they can use a
+ named pipe if the server supports named-pipe connections. For
+ MySQL to work with TCP/IP on Windows NT 4, you must install
+ service pack 3 (or newer).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
On Windows 95, 98, or Me, MySQL clients always connect to the
server using TCP/IP. (This allows any machine on your network to
connect to your MySQL server.) Because of this, you must make
@@ -4533,14 +4556,6 @@
</para>
<para>
- On NT-based systems such as Windows NT, 2000, XP, or 2003,
- clients have two options. They can use TCP/IP, or they can use a
- named pipe if the server supports named-pipe connections. For
- MySQL to work with TCP/IP on Windows NT 4, you must install
- service pack 3 (or newer).
- </para>
-
- <para>
MySQL for Windows also supports shared-memory connections if
started with the <option>--shared-memory</option> option.
Clients can connect through shared memory by using the
@@ -4553,21 +4568,6 @@
</para>
<para>
- This section gives a general overview of starting the MySQL
- server. The following sections provide more specific information
- for starting the MySQL server from the command line or as a
- Windows service.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The examples in these sections assume that MySQL is installed
- under the default location of <filename>C:\Program
- Files\MySQL\MySQL Server ¤t-series;</filename>. Adjust the
- pathnames shown in the examples if you have MySQL installed in a
- different location.
- </para>
-
- <para>
Testing is best done from a command prompt in a console window
(or <quote>DOS window</quote>). In this way you can have the
server display status messages in the window where they are easy
@@ -4685,7 +4685,15 @@
</programlisting>
<para>
- This invokes the MySQL administrative utility
+ <emphasis role="bold">Note</emphasis>: If the MySQL
+ <literal>root</literal> user account has a password, you need to
+ invoke <command>mysqladmin</command> with the
+ <option>-p</option> option and supply the password when
+ prompted.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This command invokes the MySQL administrative utility
<command>mysqladmin</command> to connect to the server and tell
it to shut down. The command connects as the MySQL
<literal>root</literal> user, which is the default
@@ -4707,11 +4715,11 @@
</para>
<para>
- The last option is to start <command>mysqld</command> with
- <option>--standalone --debug</option>. In this case,
- <command>mysqld</command> writes a log file
- <filename>C:\mysqld.trace</filename> that should contain the
- reason why <command>mysqld</command> doesn't start. See
+ The last option is to start <command>mysqld</command> with the
+ <option>--standalone</option> and <option>--debug</option>
+ options. In this case, <command>mysqld</command> writes a log
+ file <filename>C:\mysqld.trace</filename> that should contain
+ the reason why <command>mysqld</command> doesn't start. See
<xref linkend="making-trace-files"/>.
</para>
@@ -4740,10 +4748,10 @@
The <command>Services</command> utility (the Windows
<command>Service Control Manager</command>) can be found in the
Windows Control Panel (under <guimenuitem>Administrative
- Tools</guimenuitem> on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003). It is
- advisable to close the <command>Services</command> utility while
- performing server installation or removal operations from the
- command line. This prevents a number of errors.
+ Tools</guimenuitem> on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003). To
+ avoid conflicts, it is advisable to close the
+ <command>Services</command> utility while performing server
+ installation or removal operations from the command line.
</para>
<para>
@@ -4759,15 +4767,15 @@
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Note</emphasis>: If the MySQL
<literal>root</literal> user account has a password, you need to
- invoke this command as <command>C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL
- Server ¤t-series;\bin\mysqladmin -u root -p
- shutdown</command> and supply the password when prompted.
+ invoke this command as <command>mysqladmin</command> with the
+ <option>-p</option> option and supply the password when
+ prompted.
</para>
<para>
- This invokes the MySQL administrative utility
- <command>mysqladmin</command>, which connects to the server and
- tells it to shut down. The command connects as the MySQL
+ This command invokes the MySQL administrative utility
+ <command>mysqladmin</command> to connect to the server and tell
+ it to shut down. The command connects as the MySQL
<literal>root</literal> user, which is the default
administrative account in the MySQL grant system. Note that
users in the MySQL grant system are wholly independent from any
@@ -4779,28 +4787,18 @@
</para>
<programlisting>
-C:\> <userinput>mysqld --install</userinput>
+C:\> <userinput>"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server ¤t-series;\bin\mysqld" --install</userinput>
</programlisting>
<para>
- If you have problems installing <command>mysqld</command> as a
- service using just the server name, try installing it using its
- full pathname. For example:
+ The service-installation command does not start the server.
+ Instructions for that are given later in this section.
</para>
-<programlisting>
-C:\> <userinput>"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server ¤t-series;\bin\mysqld" --install</userinput>
-</programlisting>
-
- <remark>
- I commented this out because no instructions were given how to
- "fix" the path. - PD
- </remark>
-
<para>
- You can also add the path to the mysql <filename>bin</filename>
- directory to your Windows system <literal>PATH</literal>
- environment variable:
+ To make it easier to invoke MySQL programs, you can add the
+ pathname of the MySQL <filename>bin</filename> directory to your
+ Windows system <literal>PATH</literal> environment variable:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
@@ -4815,10 +4813,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Next select, the <guimenuitem>Advanced</guimenuitem> tab
- from the <guimenu>System Properties</guimenu> menu that
- appears, and click the <guibutton>Environment
- Variables</guibutton> button.
+ Next select the <guimenuitem>Advanced</guimenuitem> tab from
+ the <guimenu>System Properties</guimenu> menu that appears,
+ and click the <guibutton>Environment Variables</guibutton>
+ button.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -4837,7 +4835,7 @@
space marked <guilabel>Variable Value</guilabel>. (Use the
<keycap>End</keycap> key to ensure that your cursor is
positioned at the very end of the text in this space.) Then
- enter the complete path to your MySQL
+ enter the complete pathname of your MySQL
<filename>bin</filename> directory (for example,
<literal>C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
¤t-series;\bin</literal>), Note that there should be a
@@ -4852,14 +4850,11 @@
command-line utilities such as <command>mysqladmin</command>
and <command>mysqldump</command>.
</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
<para>
- Note that you should not add the MySQL
- <filename>bin</filename> directory to your Windows
- <literal>PATH</literal> if you are running multiple MySQL
- servers on the same machine.
+ You should not add the MySQL <filename>bin</filename>
+ directory to your Windows <literal>PATH</literal> if you are
+ running multiple MySQL servers on the same machine.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -4868,18 +4863,13 @@
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Warning</emphasis>: You must exercise
great care when editing your system <literal>PATH</literal> by
- hand; the accidentally deletion or modification of any portion
- of the existing <literal>PATH</literal> value can leave you with
- a malfunctioning or even unusable system.
+ hand; accidental deletion or modification of any portion of the
+ existing <literal>PATH</literal> value can leave you with a
+ malfunctioning or even unusable system.
</para>
<para>
- The service-installation command does not start the server.
- Instructions for that are given later in this section.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The following additional arguments are available in MySQL
+ The following additional arguments can be used in MySQL
¤t-series; when installing the service:
</para>
@@ -4987,7 +4977,8 @@
</para>
<programlisting>
-C:\> <userinput>"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server ¤t-series;\bin\mysqld" --install MySQL --defaults-file=C:\my-opts.cnf</userinput>
+C:\> <userinput>"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server ¤t-series;\bin\mysqld"</userinput>
+ <userinput>--install MySQL --defaults-file=C:\my-opts.cnf</userinput>
</programlisting>
<para>
@@ -4998,7 +4989,7 @@
<literal>[mysqld]</literal> group from the standard option
files. However, because the <option>--defaults-file</option>
option is present, the server reads options from the
- <literal>[mysqld]</literal> option group, but only from the
+ <literal>[mysqld]</literal> option group, and only from the
named file.
</para>
@@ -5012,8 +5003,8 @@
Once a MySQL server has been installed as a service, Windows
starts the service automatically whenever Windows starts. The
service also can be started immediately from the
- <command>Services</command> utility, or by using the command
- <command>NET START MySQL</command>. The <command>NET</command>
+ <command>Services</command> utility, or by using a <command>NET
+ START MySQL</command> command. The <command>NET</command>
command is not case sensitive.
</para>
@@ -5032,9 +5023,9 @@
When a MySQL server has been installed as a service, and the
service is running, Windows stops the service automatically when
Windows shuts down. The server also can be stopped manually by
- using the <literal>Services</literal> utility, the command
- <command>NET STOP MySQL</command>, or the command
- <command>mysqladmin shutdown</command>.
+ using the <literal>Services</literal> utility, the <command>NET
+ STOP MySQL</command> command, or the <command>mysqladmin
+ shutdown</command> command.
</para>
<para>
@@ -5110,8 +5101,8 @@
rather than TCP/IP by specifying the <option>--pipe</option> or
<option>--protocol=PIPE</option> option, or by specifying
<literal>.</literal> (period) as the host name. Use the
- <option>--socket</option> option to specify the name of the
- pipe.
+ <option>--socket</option> option to specify the name of the pipe
+ if you do not want to use the default pipe name.
</para>
</section>
Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/installing.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/installing.xml 2006-01-30 20:36:24 UTC (rev 1136)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/installing.xml 2006-01-30 21:37:47 UTC (rev 1137)
@@ -4509,13 +4509,36 @@
</remark>
<para>
- The information in this section applies primarily if you
- installed MySQL using the <literal>Noinstall</literal> version,
- or if you wish to configure and test MySQL manually rather than
- with the GUI tools.
+ This section gives a general overview of starting the MySQL
+ server. The following sections provide more specific information
+ for starting the MySQL server from the command line or as a
+ Windows service.
</para>
<para>
+ The information here applies primarily if you installed MySQL
+ using the <literal>Noinstall</literal> version, or if you wish
+ to configure and test MySQL manually rather than with the GUI
+ tools.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The examples in these sections assume that MySQL is installed
+ under the default location of <filename>C:\Program
+ Files\MySQL\MySQL Server ¤t-series;</filename>. Adjust the
+ pathnames shown in the examples if you have MySQL installed in a
+ different location.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ On NT-based systems such as Windows NT, 2000, XP, or 2003,
+ clients have two options. They can use TCP/IP, or they can use a
+ named pipe if the server supports named-pipe connections. For
+ MySQL to work with TCP/IP on Windows NT 4, you must install
+ service pack 3 (or newer).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
On Windows 95, 98, or Me, MySQL clients always connect to the
server using TCP/IP. (This allows any machine on your network to
connect to your MySQL server.) Because of this, you must make
@@ -4533,14 +4556,6 @@
</para>
<para>
- On NT-based systems such as Windows NT, 2000, XP, or 2003,
- clients have two options. They can use TCP/IP, or they can use a
- named pipe if the server supports named-pipe connections. For
- MySQL to work with TCP/IP on Windows NT 4, you must install
- service pack 3 (or newer).
- </para>
-
- <para>
MySQL for Windows also supports shared-memory connections if
started with the <option>--shared-memory</option> option.
Clients can connect through shared memory by using the
@@ -4553,21 +4568,6 @@
</para>
<para>
- This section gives a general overview of starting the MySQL
- server. The following sections provide more specific information
- for starting the MySQL server from the command line or as a
- Windows service.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The examples in these sections assume that MySQL is installed
- under the default location of <filename>C:\Program
- Files\MySQL\MySQL Server ¤t-series;</filename>. Adjust the
- pathnames shown in the examples if you have MySQL installed in a
- different location.
- </para>
-
- <para>
Testing is best done from a command prompt in a console window
(or <quote>DOS window</quote>). In this way you can have the
server display status messages in the window where they are easy
@@ -4685,7 +4685,15 @@
</programlisting>
<para>
- This invokes the MySQL administrative utility
+ <emphasis role="bold">Note</emphasis>: If the MySQL
+ <literal>root</literal> user account has a password, you need to
+ invoke <command>mysqladmin</command> with the
+ <option>-p</option> option and supply the password when
+ prompted.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This command invokes the MySQL administrative utility
<command>mysqladmin</command> to connect to the server and tell
it to shut down. The command connects as the MySQL
<literal>root</literal> user, which is the default
@@ -4707,11 +4715,11 @@
</para>
<para>
- The last option is to start <command>mysqld</command> with
- <option>--standalone --debug</option>. In this case,
- <command>mysqld</command> writes a log file
- <filename>C:\mysqld.trace</filename> that should contain the
- reason why <command>mysqld</command> doesn't start. See
+ The last option is to start <command>mysqld</command> with the
+ <option>--standalone</option> and <option>--debug</option>
+ options. In this case, <command>mysqld</command> writes a log
+ file <filename>C:\mysqld.trace</filename> that should contain
+ the reason why <command>mysqld</command> doesn't start. See
<xref linkend="making-trace-files"/>.
</para>
@@ -4740,10 +4748,10 @@
The <command>Services</command> utility (the Windows
<command>Service Control Manager</command>) can be found in the
Windows Control Panel (under <guimenuitem>Administrative
- Tools</guimenuitem> on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003). It is
- advisable to close the <command>Services</command> utility while
- performing server installation or removal operations from the
- command line. This prevents a number of errors.
+ Tools</guimenuitem> on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003). To
+ avoid conflicts, it is advisable to close the
+ <command>Services</command> utility while performing server
+ installation or removal operations from the command line.
</para>
<para>
@@ -4759,15 +4767,15 @@
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Note</emphasis>: If the MySQL
<literal>root</literal> user account has a password, you need to
- invoke this command as <command>C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL
- Server ¤t-series;\bin\mysqladmin -u root -p
- shutdown</command> and supply the password when prompted.
+ invoke this command as <command>mysqladmin</command> with the
+ <option>-p</option> option and supply the password when
+ prompted.
</para>
<para>
- This invokes the MySQL administrative utility
- <command>mysqladmin</command>, which connects to the server and
- tells it to shut down. The command connects as the MySQL
+ This command invokes the MySQL administrative utility
+ <command>mysqladmin</command> to connect to the server and tell
+ it to shut down. The command connects as the MySQL
<literal>root</literal> user, which is the default
administrative account in the MySQL grant system. Note that
users in the MySQL grant system are wholly independent from any
@@ -4779,28 +4787,18 @@
</para>
<programlisting>
-C:\> <userinput>mysqld --install</userinput>
+C:\> <userinput>"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server ¤t-series;\bin\mysqld" --install</userinput>
</programlisting>
<para>
- If you have problems installing <command>mysqld</command> as a
- service using just the server name, try installing it using its
- full pathname. For example:
+ The service-installation command does not start the server.
+ Instructions for that are given later in this section.
</para>
-<programlisting>
-C:\> <userinput>"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server ¤t-series;\bin\mysqld" --install</userinput>
-</programlisting>
-
- <remark>
- I commented this out because no instructions were given how to
- "fix" the path. - PD
- </remark>
-
<para>
- You can also add the path to the mysql <filename>bin</filename>
- directory to your Windows system <literal>PATH</literal>
- environment variable:
+ To make it easier to invoke MySQL programs, you can add the
+ pathname of the MySQL <filename>bin</filename> directory to your
+ Windows system <literal>PATH</literal> environment variable:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
@@ -4815,10 +4813,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Next select, the <guimenuitem>Advanced</guimenuitem> tab
- from the <guimenu>System Properties</guimenu> menu that
- appears, and click the <guibutton>Environment
- Variables</guibutton> button.
+ Next select the <guimenuitem>Advanced</guimenuitem> tab from
+ the <guimenu>System Properties</guimenu> menu that appears,
+ and click the <guibutton>Environment Variables</guibutton>
+ button.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -4837,7 +4835,7 @@
space marked <guilabel>Variable Value</guilabel>. (Use the
<keycap>End</keycap> key to ensure that your cursor is
positioned at the very end of the text in this space.) Then
- enter the complete path to your MySQL
+ enter the complete pathname of your MySQL
<filename>bin</filename> directory (for example,
<literal>C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
¤t-series;\bin</literal>), Note that there should be a
@@ -4852,14 +4850,11 @@
command-line utilities such as <command>mysqladmin</command>
and <command>mysqldump</command>.
</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
<para>
- Note that you should not add the MySQL
- <filename>bin</filename> directory to your Windows
- <literal>PATH</literal> if you are running multiple MySQL
- servers on the same machine.
+ You should not add the MySQL <filename>bin</filename>
+ directory to your Windows <literal>PATH</literal> if you are
+ running multiple MySQL servers on the same machine.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -4868,18 +4863,13 @@
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Warning</emphasis>: You must exercise
great care when editing your system <literal>PATH</literal> by
- hand; the accidentally deletion or modification of any portion
- of the existing <literal>PATH</literal> value can leave you with
- a malfunctioning or even unusable system.
+ hand; accidental deletion or modification of any portion of the
+ existing <literal>PATH</literal> value can leave you with a
+ malfunctioning or even unusable system.
</para>
<para>
- The service-installation command does not start the server.
- Instructions for that are given later in this section.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The following additional arguments are available in MySQL
+ The following additional arguments can be used in MySQL
¤t-series; when installing the service:
</para>
@@ -4983,7 +4973,8 @@
</para>
<programlisting>
-C:\> <userinput>"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server ¤t-series;\bin\mysqld" --install MySQL --defaults-file=C:\my-opts.cnf</userinput>
+C:\> <userinput>"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server ¤t-series;\bin\mysqld"</userinput>
+ <userinput>--install MySQL --defaults-file=C:\my-opts.cnf</userinput>
</programlisting>
<para>
@@ -4994,7 +4985,7 @@
<literal>[mysqld]</literal> group from the standard option
files. However, because the <option>--defaults-file</option>
option is present, the server reads options from the
- <literal>[mysqld]</literal> option group, but only from the
+ <literal>[mysqld]</literal> option group, and only from the
named file.
</para>
@@ -5008,8 +4999,8 @@
Once a MySQL server has been installed as a service, Windows
starts the service automatically whenever Windows starts. The
service also can be started immediately from the
- <command>Services</command> utility, or by using the command
- <command>NET START MySQL</command>. The <command>NET</command>
+ <command>Services</command> utility, or by using a <command>NET
+ START MySQL</command> command. The <command>NET</command>
command is not case sensitive.
</para>
@@ -5028,9 +5019,9 @@
When a MySQL server has been installed as a service, and the
service is running, Windows stops the service automatically when
Windows shuts down. The server also can be stopped manually by
- using the <literal>Services</literal> utility, the command
- <command>NET STOP MySQL</command>, or the command
- <command>mysqladmin shutdown</command>.
+ using the <literal>Services</literal> utility, the <command>NET
+ STOP MySQL</command> command, or the <command>mysqladmin
+ shutdown</command> command.
</para>
<para>
@@ -5106,8 +5097,8 @@
rather than TCP/IP by specifying the <option>--pipe</option> or
<option>--protocol=PIPE</option> option, or by specifying
<literal>.</literal> (period) as the host name. Use the
- <option>--socket</option> option to specify the name of the
- pipe.
+ <option>--socket</option> option to specify the name of the pipe
+ if you do not want to use the default pipe name.
</para>
</section>
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