Can't set tmpdir

[Brandon Shuey]

I startup my mysqld  Ver 3.22.22 for sun-solaris2.6 on sparc with the following script:

/bin/safe_mysqld -O tmp_table_size=96M -O key_buffer=24M -O table_cache=96 -O
sort_buffer=4M -O record_buffer=1M  &

However, i can't figure out the correct syntax for setting my tmpdir to the /opt2/tmp
directory
I have tried:
/bin/safe_mysqld -O tmp_table_size=96M -O key_buffer=24M -O table_cache=96 -O
sort_buffer=4M -O record_buffer=1M -O tmpdir=/opt2/tmp
&

but get this response:
# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /opt2/mysql-3.22.22-sun-solaris2.6-sparc/data
mysqld daemon ended

What is the trick?

Brandon Shuey
WebCentric Inc.
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