From: Eric Bergen Date: April 18 2010 9:07pm Subject: Re: mysqld_safe List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/221285 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It's distributed as part of mysql. The script is responsible for restarting mysqld if it exits with a non zero return code such as when it crashes. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Colin Streicher wrote: > Yeah, its just a shell script that acts as a wrapper around the mysql pro= cesses on debian systems( > maybe others, I'm not sure) > You can read it at 'less /usr/bin/mysqld_safe' > > Colin > > On March 29, 2010 11:51:36 am Glyn Astill wrote: >> --- On Mon, 29/3/10, Brown, Charles wrote: >> > Hello All. =A0when I issued this >> > command: ps -e | grep, =A0I noticed that mysqld_safe was >> > up running in my system. >> > My question is: =A0what is mysqld_safe and why was it >> > running. Please help. >> > >> > >> > [spbcb@naxbmisq03 ~]$ ps -e | grep -i mysql >> > 11989 ? =A0 =A0 =A0 =A000:00:00 mysqld_safe >> > 12025 ? =A0 =A0 =A0 =A013:28:39 mysqld >> >> My understanding is that mysqld_safe is the process used to start mysqld >> =A0and handle any runtime errors, crashes etc. >> > > -- > Anyone who has had a bull by the tail knows five or six more things > than someone who hasn't. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0-- Mark Twain > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: =A0 =A0http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=3Deric.bergen@g= mail.com > > --=20 Eric Bergen eric.bergen@stripped http://www.ebergen.net