mysqld Ver 5.6.2-m5 for Linux on i686 (MySQL Community Server (GPL))
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Starts the MySQL database server.
Usage: mysqld [OPTIONS]
Default options are read from the following files in the given order:
/etc/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf /usr/etc/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf
The following groups are read: mysqld server mysqld-5.6
The following options may be given as the first argument:
--print-defaults Print the program argument list and exit.
--no-defaults Don't read default options from any option file.
--defaults-file=# Only read default options from the given file #.
--defaults-extra-file=# Read this file after the global files are read.
--abort-slave-event-count=#
Option used by mysql-test for debugging and testing of
replication.
--allow-suspicious-udfs
Allows use of UDFs consisting of only one symbol xxx()
without corresponding xxx_init() or xxx_deinit(). That
also means that one can load any function from any
library, for example exit() from libc.so
-a, --ansi Use ANSI SQL syntax instead of MySQL syntax. This mode
will also set transaction isolation level 'serializable'.
--auto-increment-increment[=#]
Auto-increment columns are incremented by this
--auto-increment-offset[=#]
Offset added to Auto-increment columns. Used when
auto-increment-increment != 1
--autocommit Set default value for autocommit (0 or 1)
(Defaults to on; use --skip-autocommit to disable.)
--automatic-sp-privileges
Creating and dropping stored procedures alters ACLs
(Defaults to on; use --skip-automatic-sp-privileges to disable.)
--back-log=# The number of outstanding connection requests MySQL can
have. This comes into play when the main MySQL thread
gets very many connection requests in a very short time
-b, --basedir=name Path to installation directory. All paths are usually
resolved relative to this
--big-tables Allow big result sets by saving all temporary sets on
file (Solves most 'table full' errors)
--bind-address=name IP address to bind to.
--binlog-cache-size=#
The size of the transactional cache for updates to
transactional engines for the binary log. If you often
use transactions containing many statements, you can
increase this to get more performance
--binlog-checksum=name
Type of BINLOG_CHECKSUM_ALG. Include checksum for log
events in the binary log. Possible values are NONE and
CRC32; default is NONE.
--binlog-direct-non-transactional-updates
Causes updates to non-transactional engines using
statement format to be written directly to binary log.
Before using this option make sure that there are no
dependencies between transactional and non-transactional
tables such as in the statement INSERT INTO t_myisam
SELECT * FROM t_innodb; otherwise, slaves may diverge
from the master.
--binlog-do-db=name Tells the master it should log updates for the specified
database, and exclude all others not explicitly
mentioned.
--binlog-format=name
What form of binary logging the master will use: either
ROW for row-based binary logging, STATEMENT for
statement-based binary logging, or MIXED. MIXED is
statement-based binary logging except for those
statements where only row-based is correct: those which
involve user-defined functions (i.e. UDFs) or the UUID()
function; for those, row-based binary logging is
automatically used. If NDBCLUSTER is enabled and
binlog-format is MIXED, the format switches to row-based
and back implicitly per each query accessing an
NDBCLUSTER table
--binlog-ignore-db=name
Tells the master that updates to the given database
should not be logged to the binary log.
--binlog-row-event-max-size=#
The maximum size of a row-based binary log event in
bytes. Rows will be grouped into events smaller than this
size if possible. The value has to be a multiple of 256.
--binlog-row-image=name
Controls whether rows should be logged in 'FULL',
'NOBLOB' or 'MINIMAL' formats. 'FULL', means that all
columns in the before and after image are logged.
'NOBLOB', means that mysqld avoids logging blob columns
whenever possible (eg, blob column was not changed or is
not part of primary key). 'MINIMAL', means that a PK
equivalent (PK columns or full row if there is no PK in
the table) is logged in the before image, and only
changed columns are logged in the after image. (Default:
FULL).
--binlog-rows-query-log-events
Allow writing of Rows_query_log events into binary log.
--binlog-stmt-cache-size=#
The size of the statement cache for updates to
non-transactional engines for the binary log. If you
often use statements updating a great number of rows, you
can increase this to get more performance
--bootstrap Used by mysql installation scripts.
--bulk-insert-buffer-size=#
Size of tree cache used in bulk insert optimisation. Note
that this is a limit per thread!
--character-set-client-handshake
Don't ignore client side character set value sent during
handshake.
(Defaults to on; use --skip-character-set-client-handshake to disable.)
--character-set-filesystem=name
Set the filesystem character set.
-C, --character-set-server=name
Set the default character set.
--character-sets-dir=name
Directory where character sets are
-r, --chroot=name Chroot mysqld daemon during startup.
--collation-server=name
Set the default collation.
--completion-type=name
The transaction completion type, one of NO_CHAIN, CHAIN,
RELEASE
--concurrent-insert[=name]
Use concurrent insert with MyISAM. Possible values are
NEVER, AUTO, ALWAYS
--connect-timeout=# The number of seconds the mysqld server is waiting for a
connect packet before responding with 'Bad handshake'
--console Write error output on screen; don't remove the console
window on windows.
--core-file Write core on errors.
-h, --datadir=name Path to the database root directory
--date-format=name The DATE format (ignored)
--datetime-format=name
The DATETIME format (ignored)
--default-storage-engine=name
The default storage engine for new tables
--default-time-zone=name
Set the default time zone.
--default-week-format=#
The default week format used by WEEK() functions
--delay-key-write[=name]
Type of DELAY_KEY_WRITE
--delayed-insert-limit=#
After inserting delayed_insert_limit rows, the INSERT
DELAYED handler will check if there are any SELECT
statements pending. If so, it allows these to execute
before continuing
--delayed-insert-timeout=#
How long a INSERT DELAYED thread should wait for INSERT
statements before terminating
--delayed-queue-size=#
What size queue (in rows) should be allocated for
handling INSERT DELAYED. If the queue becomes full, any
client that does INSERT DELAYED will wait until there is
room in the queue again
--des-key-file=name Load keys for des_encrypt() and des_encrypt from given
file.
--disconnect-slave-event-count=#
Option used by mysql-test for debugging and testing of
replication.
--div-precision-increment=#
Precision of the result of '/' operator will be increased
on that value
--event-scheduler[=name]
Enable the event scheduler. Possible values are ON, OFF,
and DISABLED (keep the event scheduler completely
deactivated, it cannot be activated run-time)
-T, --exit-info[=#] Used for debugging. Use at your own risk.
--expire-logs-days=#
If non-zero, binary logs will be purged after
expire_logs_days days; possible purges happen at startup
and at binary log rotation
--external-locking Use system (external) locking (disabled by default).
With this option enabled you can run myisamchk to test
(not repair) tables while the MySQL server is running.
Disable with --skip-external-locking.
--flush Flush MyISAM tables to disk between SQL commands
--flush-time=# A dedicated thread is created to flush all tables at the
given interval
--ft-boolean-syntax=name
List of operators for MATCH ... AGAINST ( ... IN BOOLEAN
MODE)
--ft-max-word-len=# The maximum length of the word to be included in a
FULLTEXT index. Note: FULLTEXT indexes must be rebuilt
after changing this variable
--ft-min-word-len=# The minimum length of the word to be included in a
FULLTEXT index. Note: FULLTEXT indexes must be rebuilt
after changing this variable
--ft-query-expansion-limit=#
Number of best matches to use for query expansion
--ft-stopword-file=name
Use stopwords from this file instead of built-in list
--gdb Set up signals usable for debugging.
--general-log Log connections and queries to a table or log file.
Defaults logging to a file hostname.log or a table
mysql.general_logif --log-output=TABLE is used
--general-log-file=name
Log connections and queries to given file
--group-concat-max-len=#
The maximum length of the result of function
GROUP_CONCAT()
-?, --help Display this help and exit.
--ignore-builtin-innodb
Disable initialization of builtin InnoDB plugin
--init-connect=name Command(s) that are executed for each new connection
--init-file=name Read SQL commands from this file at startup
--init-slave=name Command(s) that are executed by a slave server each time
the SQL thread starts
--interactive-timeout=#
The number of seconds the server waits for activity on an
interactive connection before closing it
--join-buffer-size=#
The size of the buffer that is used for full joins
--keep-files-on-create
Don't overwrite stale .MYD and .MYI even if no directory
is specified
--key-buffer-size=# The size of the buffer used for index blocks for MyISAM
tables. Increase this to get better index handling (for
all reads and multiple writes) to as much as you can
afford
--key-cache-age-threshold=#
This characterizes the number of hits a hot block has to
be untouched until it is considered aged enough to be
downgraded to a warm block. This specifies the percentage
ratio of that number of hits to the total number of
blocks in key cache
--key-cache-block-size=#
The default size of key cache blocks
--key-cache-division-limit=#
The minimum percentage of warm blocks in key cache
-L, --language=name Client error messages in given language. May be given as
a full path. Deprecated. Use --lc-messages-dir instead.
--large-pages Enable support for large pages
--lc-messages=name Set the language used for the error messages.
--lc-messages-dir=name
Directory where error messages are
--lc-time-names=name
Set the language used for the month names and the days of
the week.
--local-infile Enable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE
(Defaults to on; use --skip-local-infile to disable.)
--lock-wait-timeout=#
Timeout in seconds to wait for a lock before returning an
error.
--log-bin[=name] Log update queries in binary format. Optional (but
strongly recommended to avoid replication problems if
server's hostname changes) argument should be the chosen
location for the binary log files.
--log-bin-index=name
File that holds the names for binary log files.
--log-bin-trust-function-creators
If set to FALSE (the default), then when --log-bin is
used, creation of a stored function (or trigger) is
allowed only to users having the SUPER privilege and only
if this stored function (trigger) may not break binary
logging. Note that if ALL connections to this server
ALWAYS use row-based binary logging, the security issues
do not exist and the binary logging cannot break, so you
can safely set this to TRUE
--log-error[=name] Error log file
--log-isam[=name] Log all MyISAM changes to file.
--log-output=name Syntax: log-output=value[,value...], where "value" could
be TABLE, FILE or NONE
--log-queries-not-using-indexes
Log queries that are executed without benefit of any
index to the slow log if it is open
--log-short-format Don't log extra information to update and slow-query
logs.
--log-slave-updates Tells the slave to log the updates from the slave thread
to the binary log. You will need to turn it on if you
plan to daisy-chain the slaves
--log-slow-admin-statements
Log slow OPTIMIZE, ANALYZE, ALTER and other
administrative statements to the slow log if it is open.
--log-slow-slave-statements
Log slow statements executed by slave thread to the slow
log if it is open.
--log-tc=name Path to transaction coordinator log (used for
transactions that affect more than one storage engine,
when binary log is disabled).
--log-tc-size=# Size of transaction coordinator log.
-W, --log-warnings[=#]
Log some not critical warnings to the log file
--long-query-time=# Log all queries that have taken more than long_query_time
seconds to execute to file. The argument will be treated
as a decimal value with microsecond precision
--low-priority-updates
INSERT/DELETE/UPDATE has lower priority than selects
--lower-case-table-names[=#]
If set to 1 table names are stored in lowercase on disk
and table names will be case-insensitive. Should be set
to 2 if you are using a case insensitive file system
--master-info-file=name
The location and name of the file that remembers the
master and where the I/O replication thread is in the
master's binlogs.
--master-info-repository=name
Defines the type of the repository for the master
information.
--master-retry-count=#
The number of tries the slave will make to connect to the
master before giving up. Deprecated option, use 'CHANGE
MASTER TO master_retry_count = <num>' instead.
--master-verify-checksum
Force checksum verification of logged events in binary
log before sending them to slaves or printing them in
output of SHOW BINLOG EVENTS. Disabled by default.
--max-allowed-packet=#
Max packet length to send to or receive from the server
--max-binlog-cache-size=#
Sets the total size of the transactional cache
--max-binlog-dump-events=#
Option used by mysql-test for debugging and testing of
replication.
--max-binlog-size=# Binary log will be rotated automatically when the size
exceeds this value. Will also apply to relay logs if
max_relay_log_size is 0
--max-binlog-stmt-cache-size=#
Sets the total size of the statement cache
--max-connect-errors=#
If there is more than this number of interrupted
connections from a host this host will be blocked from
further connections
--max-connections=# The number of simultaneous clients allowed
--max-delayed-threads=#
Don't start more than this number of threads to handle
INSERT DELAYED statements. If set to zero INSERT DELAYED
will be not used
--max-error-count=# Max number of errors/warnings to store for a statement
--max-heap-table-size=#
Don't allow creation of heap tables bigger than this
--max-join-size=# Joins that are probably going to read more than
max_join_size records return an error
--max-length-for-sort-data=#
Max number of bytes in sorted records
--max-prepared-stmt-count=#
Maximum number of prepared statements in the server
--max-relay-log-size=#
If non-zero: relay log will be rotated automatically when
the size exceeds this value; if zero: when the size
exceeds max_binlog_size
--max-seeks-for-key=#
Limit assumed max number of seeks when looking up rows
based on a key
--max-sort-length=# The number of bytes to use when sorting BLOB or TEXT
values (only the first max_sort_length bytes of each
value are used; the rest are ignored)
--max-sp-recursion-depth[=#]
Maximum stored procedure recursion depth
--max-tmp-tables=# Maximum number of temporary tables a client can keep open
at a time
--max-user-connections=#
The maximum number of active connections for a single
user (0 = no limit)
--max-write-lock-count=#
After this many write locks, allow some read locks to run
in between
--memlock Lock mysqld in memory.
--min-examined-row-limit=#
Don't write queries to slow log that examine fewer rows
than that
--multi-range-count=#
Number of key ranges to request at once
--net-buffer-length=#
Buffer length for TCP/IP and socket communication
--net-read-timeout=#
Number of seconds to wait for more data from a connection
before aborting the read
--net-retry-count=# If a read on a communication port is interrupted, retry
this many times before giving up
--net-write-timeout=#
Number of seconds to wait for a block to be written to a
connection before aborting the write
-n, --new Use very new possible "unsafe" functions
--old Use compatible behavior
--old-alter-table Use old, non-optimized alter table
--old-passwords Use old password encryption method (needed for 4.0 and
older clients)
--old-style-user-limits
Enable old-style user limits (before 5.0.3, user
resources were counted per each user+host vs. per
account).
--open-files-limit=#
If this is not 0, then mysqld will use this value to
reserve file descriptors to use with setrlimit(). If this
value is 0 then mysqld will reserve max_connections*5 or
max_connections + table_cache*2 (whichever is larger)
number of file descriptors
--optimizer-join-cache-level=#
Controls what join operations can be executed with join
buffers. Odd numbers are used for plain join buffers
while even numbers are used for linked buffers
--optimizer-prune-level=#
Controls the heuristic(s) applied during query
optimization to prune less-promising partial plans from
the optimizer search space. Meaning: 0 - do not apply any
heuristic, thus perform exhaustive search; 1 - prune
plans based on number of retrieved rows
--optimizer-search-depth=#
Maximum depth of search performed by the query optimizer.
Values larger than the number of relations in a query
result in better query plans, but take longer to compile
a query. Values smaller than the number of tables in a
relation result in faster optimization, but may produce
very bad query plans. If set to 0, the system will
automatically pick a reasonable value
--optimizer-switch=name