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'\" t
.\" Title: \fBmysqld_safe\fR
.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 05/23/2019
.\" Manual: MySQL Database System
.\" Source: MySQL 8.0
.\" Language: English
.\"
.TH "\FBMYSQLD_SAFE\FR" "1" "05/23/2019" "MySQL 8\&.0" "MySQL Database System"
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.SH "NAME"
mysqld_safe \- MySQL server startup script
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBmysqld_safe\ \fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\ 'u
\fBmysqld_safe \fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
is the recommended way to start a
\fBmysqld\fR
server on Unix\&.
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
adds some safety features such as restarting the server when an error occurs and logging runtime information to an error log\&. A description of error logging is given later in this section\&.
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBNote\fR
.ps -1
.br
.PP
For some Linux platforms, MySQL installation from RPM or Debian packages includes systemd support for managing MySQL server startup and shutdown\&. On these platforms,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
is not installed because it is unnecessary\&. For more information, see
Section\ \&2.5.9, \(lqManaging MySQL Server with systemd\(rq\&.
.sp .5v
.RE
.PP
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
tries to start an executable named
\fBmysqld\fR\&. To override the default behavior and specify explicitly the name of the server you want to run, specify a
\fB\-\-mysqld\fR
or
\fB\-\-mysqld\-version\fR
option to
\fBmysqld_safe\fR\&. You can also use
\fB\-\-ledir\fR
to indicate the directory where
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
should look for the server\&.
.PP
Many of the options to
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
are the same as the options to
\fBmysqld\fR\&. See
Section\ \&5.1.7, \(lqServer Command Options\(rq\&.
.PP
Options unknown to
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
are passed to
\fBmysqld\fR
if they are specified on the command line, but ignored if they are specified in the
[mysqld_safe]
group of an option file\&. See
Section\ \&4.2.2.2, \(lqUsing Option Files\(rq\&.
.PP
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
reads all options from the
[mysqld],
[server], and
[mysqld_safe]
sections in option files\&. For example, if you specify a
[mysqld]
section like this,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
will find and use the
\fB\-\-log\-error\fR
option:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
[mysqld]
log\-error=error\&.log
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
For backward compatibility,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
also reads
[safe_mysqld]
sections, but to be current you should rename such sections to
[mysqld_safe]\&.
.PP
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
accepts options on the command line and in option files, as described in the following table\&. For information about option files used by MySQL programs, see
Section\ \&4.2.2.2, \(lqUsing Option Files\(rq\&.
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-help\fR
.sp
Display a help message and exit\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-basedir=\fR\fB\fIdir_name\fR\fR
.sp
The path to the MySQL installation directory\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-core\-file\-size=\fR\fB\fIsize\fR\fR
.sp
The size of the core file that
\fBmysqld\fR
should be able to create\&. The option value is passed to
\fBulimit \-c\fR\&.
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBNote\fR
.ps -1
.br
The
innodb_buffer_pool_in_core_file
variable can be used to reduce the size of core files on operating systems that support it\&. For more information, see
Section\ \&15.8.3.8, \(lqExcluding Buffer Pool Pages from Core Files\(rq\&.
.sp .5v
.RE
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-datadir=\fR\fB\fIdir_name\fR\fR
.sp
The path to the data directory\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-defaults\-extra\-file=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.sp
Read this option file in addition to the usual option files\&. If the file does not exist or is otherwise inaccessible, the server will exit with an error\&.
\fIfile_name\fR
is interpreted relative to the current directory if given as a relative path name rather than a full path name\&. This must be the first option on the command line if it is used\&.
.sp
For additional information about this and other option\-file options, see
Section\ \&4.2.2.3, \(lqCommand-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-defaults\-file=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.sp
Use only the given option file\&. If the file does not exist or is otherwise inaccessible, the server will exit with an error\&.
\fIfile_name\fR
is interpreted relative to the current directory if given as a relative path name rather than a full path name\&. This must be the first option on the command line if it is used\&.
.sp
For additional information about this and other option\-file options, see
Section\ \&4.2.2.3, \(lqCommand-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-ledir=\fR\fB\fIdir_name\fR\fR
.sp
If
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
cannot find the server, use this option to indicate the path name to the directory where the server is located\&.
.sp
This option is accepted only on the command line, not in option files\&. On platforms that use systemd, the value can be specified in the value of
MYSQLD_OPTS\&. See
Section\ \&2.5.9, \(lqManaging MySQL Server with systemd\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-log\-error=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.sp
Write the error log to the given file\&. See
Section\ \&5.4.2, \(lqThe Error Log\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-mysqld\-safe\-log\-timestamps\fR
.sp
This option controls the format for timestamps in log output produced by
\fBmysqld_safe\fR\&. The following list describes the permitted values\&. For any other value,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
logs a warning and uses
UTC
format\&.
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
UTC,
utc
.sp
ISO 8601 UTC format (same as
\fB\-\-log_timestamps=UTC\fR
for the server)\&. This is the default\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
SYSTEM,
system
.sp
ISO 8601 local time format (same as
\fB\-\-log_timestamps=SYSTEM\fR
for the server)\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
HYPHEN,
hyphen
.sp
YY\-MM\-DD h:mm:ss
format, as in
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
for MySQL 5\&.6\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
LEGACY,
legacy
.sp
YYMMDD hh:mm:ss
format, as in
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
prior to MySQL 5\&.6\&.
.RE
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-malloc\-lib=[\fR\fB\fIlib_name\fR\fR\fB]\fR
The name of the library to use for memory allocation instead of the system
malloc()
library\&. The option value must be one of the directories
/usr/lib,
/usr/lib64,
/usr/lib/i386\-linux\-gnu, or
/usr/lib/x86_64\-linux\-gnu\&.
.sp
The
\fB\-\-malloc\-lib\fR
option works by modifying the
LD_PRELOAD
environment value to affect dynamic linking to enable the loader to find the memory\-allocation library when
\fBmysqld\fR
runs:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
If the option is not given, or is given without a value (\fB\-\-malloc\-lib=\fR),
LD_PRELOAD
is not modified and no attempt is made to use
tcmalloc\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
If the option is given as
\fB\-\-malloc\-lib=tcmalloc\fR,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
looks for a
tcmalloc
library in
/usr/lib\&. If
tmalloc
is found, its path name is added to the beginning of the
LD_PRELOAD
value for
\fBmysqld\fR\&. If
tcmalloc
is not found,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
aborts with an error\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
If the option is given as
\fB\-\-malloc\-lib=\fR\fB\fI/path/to/some/library\fR\fR, that full path is added to the beginning of the
LD_PRELOAD
value\&. If the full path points to a nonexistent or unreadable file,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
aborts with an error\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
For cases where
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
adds a path name to
LD_PRELOAD, it adds the path to the beginning of any existing value the variable already has\&.
.RE
.sp
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBNote\fR
.ps -1
.br
On systems that manage the server using systemd,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
is not available\&. Instead, specify the allocation library by setting
LD_PRELOAD
in
/etc/sysconfig/mysql\&.
.sp .5v
.RE
Linux users can use the
libtcmalloc_minimal\&.so
library on any platform for which a
tcmalloc
package is installed in
/usr/lib
by adding these lines to the
my\&.cnf
file:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
[mysqld_safe]
malloc\-lib=tcmalloc
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
To use a specific
tcmalloc
library, specify its full path name\&. Example:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
[mysqld_safe]
malloc\-lib=/opt/lib/libtcmalloc_minimal\&.so
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-mysqld=\fR\fB\fIprog_name\fR\fR
.sp
The name of the server program (in the
ledir
directory) that you want to start\&. This option is needed if you use the MySQL binary distribution but have the data directory outside of the binary distribution\&. If
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
cannot find the server, use the
\fB\-\-ledir\fR
option to indicate the path name to the directory where the server is located\&.
.sp
This option is accepted only on the command line, not in option files\&. On platforms that use systemd, the value can be specified in the value of
MYSQLD_OPTS\&. See
Section\ \&2.5.9, \(lqManaging MySQL Server with systemd\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-mysqld\-version=\fR\fB\fIsuffix\fR\fR
.sp
This option is similar to the
\fB\-\-mysqld\fR
option, but you specify only the suffix for the server program name\&. The base name is assumed to be
\fBmysqld\fR\&. For example, if you use
\fB\-\-mysqld\-version=debug\fR,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
starts the
\fBmysqld\-debug\fR
program in the
ledir
directory\&. If the argument to
\fB\-\-mysqld\-version\fR
is empty,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
uses
\fBmysqld\fR
in the
ledir
directory\&.
.sp
This option is accepted only on the command line, not in option files\&. On platforms that use systemd, the value can be specified in the value of
MYSQLD_OPTS\&. See
Section\ \&2.5.9, \(lqManaging MySQL Server with systemd\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-nice=\fR\fB\fIpriority\fR\fR
.sp
Use the
nice
program to set the server\*(Aqs scheduling priority to the given value\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-no\-defaults\fR
.sp
Do not read any option files\&. If program startup fails due to reading unknown options from an option file,
\fB\-\-no\-defaults\fR
can be used to prevent them from being read\&. This must be the first option on the command line if it is used\&.
.sp
For additional information about this and other option\-file options, see
Section\ \&4.2.2.3, \(lqCommand-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-open\-files\-limit=\fR\fB\fIcount\fR\fR
.sp
The number of files that
\fBmysqld\fR
should be able to open\&. The option value is passed to
\fBulimit \-n\fR\&.
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBNote\fR
.ps -1
.br
You must start
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
as
root
for this to function properly\&.
.sp .5v
.RE
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-pid\-file=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.sp
The path name that
\fBmysqld\fR
should use for its process ID file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-plugin\-dir=\fR\fB\fIdir_name\fR\fR
.sp
The path name of the plugin directory\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-port=\fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR
.sp
The port number that the server should use when listening for TCP/IP connections\&. The port number must be 1024 or higher unless the server is started by the
root
operating system user\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-skip\-kill\-mysqld\fR
.sp
Do not try to kill stray
\fBmysqld\fR
processes at startup\&. This option works only on Linux\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-socket=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
The Unix socket file that the server should use when listening for local connections\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-syslog\fR,
\fB\-\-skip\-syslog\fR
.sp
\fB\-\-syslog\fR
causes error messages to be sent to
syslog
on systems that support the
\fBlogger\fR
program\&.
\-\-skip\-syslog
suppresses the use of
syslog; messages are written to an error log file\&.
.sp
When
syslog
is used for error logging, the
daemon\&.err
facility/severity is used for all log messages\&.
.sp
Using these options to control
\fBmysqld\fR
logging is deprecated\&. To write error log output to the system log, use the instructions at
Section\ \&5.4.2.7, \(lqError Logging to the System Log\(rq\&. To control the facility, use the server
log_syslog_facility
system variable\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-syslog\-tag=\fR\fB\fItag\fR\fR
.sp
For logging to
syslog, messages from
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
and
\fBmysqld\fR
are written with identifiers of
mysqld_safe
and
mysqld, respectively\&. To specify a suffix for the identifiers, use
\fB\-\-syslog\-tag=\fR\fB\fItag\fR\fR, which modifies the identifiers to be
mysqld_safe\-\fItag\fR
and
mysqld\-\fItag\fR\&.
.sp
Using this option to control
\fBmysqld\fR
logging is deprecated\&. Use the server
log_syslog_tag
system variable instead\&. See
Section\ \&5.4.2.7, \(lqError Logging to the System Log\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-timezone=\fR\fB\fItimezone\fR\fR
.sp
Set the
TZ
time zone environment variable to the given option value\&. Consult your operating system documentation for legal time zone specification formats\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-user={\fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR\fB|\fR\fB\fIuser_id\fR\fR\fB}\fR
.sp
Run the
\fBmysqld\fR
server as the user having the name
\fIuser_name\fR
or the numeric user ID
\fIuser_id\fR\&. (\(lqUser\(rq
in this context refers to a system login account, not a MySQL user listed in the grant tables\&.)
.RE
.PP
If you execute
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
with the
\fB\-\-defaults\-file\fR
or
\fB\-\-defaults\-extra\-file\fR
option to name an option file, the option must be the first one given on the command line or the option file will not be used\&. For example, this command will not use the named option file:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql> \fBmysqld_safe \-\-port=\fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR\fB \-\-defaults\-file=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Instead, use the following command:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql> \fBmysqld_safe \-\-defaults\-file=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR\fB \-\-port=\fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
The
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
script is written so that it normally can start a server that was installed from either a source or a binary distribution of MySQL, even though these types of distributions typically install the server in slightly different locations\&. (See
Section\ \&2.1.4, \(lqInstallation Layouts\(rq\&.)
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
expects one of the following conditions to be true:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
The server and databases can be found relative to the working directory (the directory from which
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
is invoked)\&. For binary distributions,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
looks under its working directory for
bin
and
data
directories\&. For source distributions, it looks for
libexec
and
var
directories\&. This condition should be met if you execute
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
from your MySQL installation directory (for example,
/usr/local/mysql
for a binary distribution)\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
If the server and databases cannot be found relative to the working directory,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
attempts to locate them by absolute path names\&. Typical locations are
/usr/local/libexec
and
/usr/local/var\&. The actual locations are determined from the values configured into the distribution at the time it was built\&. They should be correct if MySQL is installed in the location specified at configuration time\&.
.RE
.PP
Because
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
tries to find the server and databases relative to its own working directory, you can install a binary distribution of MySQL anywhere, as long as you run
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
from the MySQL installation directory:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBcd \fR\fB\fImysql_installation_directory\fR\fR
shell> \fBbin/mysqld_safe &\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
If
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
fails, even when invoked from the MySQL installation directory, specify the
\fB\-\-ledir\fR
and
\fB\-\-datadir\fR
options to indicate the directories in which the server and databases are located on your system\&.
.PP
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
tries to use the
\fBsleep\fR
and
\fBdate\fR
system utilities to determine how many times per second it has attempted to start\&. If these utilities are present and the attempted starts per second is greater than 5,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
waits 1 full second before starting again\&. This is intended to prevent excessive CPU usage in the event of repeated failures\&. (Bug #11761530, Bug #54035)
.PP
When you use
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
to start
\fBmysqld\fR,
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
arranges for error (and notice) messages from itself and from
\fBmysqld\fR
to go to the same destination\&.
.PP
There are several
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
options for controlling the destination of these messages:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-log\-error=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR: Write error messages to the named error file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-syslog\fR: Write error messages to
syslog
on systems that support the
\fBlogger\fR
program\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-skip\-syslog\fR: Do not write error messages to
syslog\&. Messages are written to the default error log file (\fIhost_name\fR\&.err
in the data directory), or to a named file if the
\fB\-\-log\-error\fR
option is given\&.
.RE
.PP
If none of these options is given, the default is
\fB\-\-skip\-syslog\fR\&.
.PP
When
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
writes a message, notices go to the logging destination (syslog
or the error log file) and
stdout\&. Errors go to the logging destination and
stderr\&.
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBNote\fR
.ps -1
.br
.PP
Controlling
\fBmysqld\fR
logging from
\fBmysqld_safe\fR
is deprecated\&. Use the server\*(Aqs native
syslog
support instead\&. For more information, see
Section\ \&5.4.2.7, \(lqError Logging to the System Log\(rq\&.
.sp .5v