I think mysqld_safe is just a shell script, so you might be able to go
through there and see if you can find where /usr/local/mysql is defined.
On the other hand, I just looked, and it looks like it's smart enough
to figure out if you've moved the installation directory. Try cd-ing to
the place where your new version is and type ./bin/mysqld_safe.
That may not work, because another copy of mysql may already be running
somewhere.
Something else to check: make sure mysqld is executable by doing a ls
-l on the directory it's in.
We're far past my knowledge at this point (actually, we were at the
limit of my knowledge when I told you to try cd-ing and re-typing the
command) and I'm just throwing out possibilities...
Todd
On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 08:57 PM, Song.Xu@stripped wrote:
> Todd,
>
> It didn't help. Here is the message:
> ----------------
> $ cd /usr/local/mysql
> $ ./bin/mysqld_safe
> The file /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld doesn't exist or is not
> executable
> Please do a cd to the mysql installation directory and restart
> this script from there as follows:
> ./bin/mysqld_safe.
> $
> ---------------------------
> It worked fine until yesterday. SA told me he had rebuilt /user/local
> directory
> this morning. All the files are still there after the build. Actually
> I have
> two versions of mysql. I would like to start mysqld using different
> version
> of
> mysql that I installed in a different location. I wonder where the path
> '/usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld' stored in the system. Can we change
> this
> path
> somewhere in the parameter file?
>
> Thanks,
> song
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd O'Bryan [mailto:toddobryan@stripped]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 6:56 PM
> To: Xu, Song PH/US/EXT
> Cc: mysql@stripped
> Subject: Re: The file /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld doesn't exist or
> is not executable
>
>
> Do what it says:
>
> cd /usr/local/mysql
> ./bin/mysqld_safe
>
> and see if that's any better.
>
> Todd
>
> On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 05:18 PM, Song.Xu@stripped wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I got the following message when trying to start the mysql instance:
>> ------------
>> $ mysqld_safe &
>> [1] 22717
>> $ The file /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld doesn't exist or is not
>> executable
>> Please do a cd to the mysql installation directory and restart
>> this script from there as follows:
>> ./bin/mysqld_safe.
>> -----------
>>
>> Can anyone help me to resolve this? It is emergency.
>>
>> Regards,
>> song
>>
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