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2.3.5.2 Creating an Option File
If you need to specify startup options when you run the server, you can indicate them on the command line or place them in an option file. For options that are used every time the server starts, you may find it most convenient to use an option file to specify your MySQL configuration. This is particularly true under the following circumstances:
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The installation or data directory locations are different from the default locations (
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6
andC:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\data
). -
You need to tune the server settings, such as memory, cache, or InnoDB configuration information.
When the MySQL server starts on Windows, it looks for option files in several locations, such as the Windows directory, C:\
, and the MySQL installation directory (for the full list of locations, see Section 4.2.3.3, “Using Option Files”). The Windows directory typically is named something like C:\WINDOWS
. You can determine its exact location from the value of the WINDIR
environment variable using the following command:
C:\> echo %WINDIR%
MySQL looks for options in each location first in the my.ini
file, and then in the my.cnf
file. However, to avoid confusion, it is best if you use only one file. If your PC uses a boot loader where C:
is not the boot drive, your only option is to use the my.ini
file. Whichever option file you use, it must be a plain text file.
When using the MySQL Installer to install MySQL Server, it will create the my.ini
at the default location. And as of MySQL Server 5.5.27, the user running MySQL Installer is granted full permissions to this new my.ini
.
In other words, be sure that the MySQL Server user has permission to read the my.ini
file.
You can also make use of the example option files included with your MySQL distribution; see Section 5.1.2, “Server Configuration Defaults”.
An option file can be created and modified with any text editor, such as Notepad. For example, if MySQL is installed in E:\mysql
and the data directory is in E:\mydata\data
, you can create an option file containing a [mysqld]
section to specify values for the basedir
and datadir
options:
[mysqld] # set basedir to your installation path basedir=E:/mysql # set datadir to the location of your data directory datadir=E:/mydata/data
Note that Windows path names are specified in option files using (forward) slashes rather than backslashes. If you do use backslashes, double them:
[mysqld] # set basedir to your installation path basedir=E:\\mysql # set datadir to the location of your data directory datadir=E:\\mydata\\data
The rules for use of backslash in option file values are given in Section 4.2.3.3, “Using Option Files”.
The data directory is located within the AppData
directory for the user running MySQL.
If you would like to use a data directory in a different location, you should copy the entire contents of the data
directory to the new location. For example, if you want to use E:\mydata
as the data directory instead, you must do two things:
-
Move the entire
data
directory and all of its contents from the default location (for exampleC:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\data
) toE:\mydata
. -
Use a
--datadir
option to specify the new data directory location each time you start the server.
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User Comments
If you have installed mysql using xampp, moving your data directory is not a matter of creating a new option file, but modifying the one used by xampp to start your mysql server.
Look for the batch file mysql_start.bat in the xampp directory. My mysql_start.bat file includes this line:
mysql\bin\mysqld --defaults-file=mysql\bin\my.cnf --standalone --console
By editing the mysql\bin\my.cnf file (that path is relative to the xampp installation directory), I was able to change the default data directory.