my.cnf settings and running admin commands such as mysqldump or m ysqladmin

[David Kramer]

I was wondering if someone could shed some light on setting parameters in
my.cnf.  When I set params such as user and password in my my.cnf file I
dont need to then pass these parameters to commands such as mysqldump or
mysqladmin?  Is this True?  Can someone please send me an example of their
my.cnf file, Im just curious what a real example would look like.  I have
already read through the my.cnf documentation on the website, but if someone
has a better place for online doc on the config file please let me know.
Any other insight is more than welcome and appreciated.

Thanks,

DK

David Kramer
Software Developer
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