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MYSQL_CONFIG

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NAME

mysql_config − get compile options for compiling clients

SYNOPSIS

mysql_config options

DESCRIPTION

mysql_config provides you with useful information for compiling your MySQL client and connecting it to MySQL.

mysql_config supports the following options.

• −−cflags

Compiler flags to find include files and critical compiler flags and defines used when compiling the libmysqlclient library. The options returned are tied to the specific compiler that was used when the library was created and might clash with the settings for your own compiler. Use −−include for more portable options that contain only include paths.

• −−include

Compiler options to find MySQL include files.

• −−libmysqld−libs, −−embedded

Libraries and options required to link with the MySQL embedded server.

• −−libs

Libraries and options required to link with the MySQL client library.

• −−libs_r

Libraries and options required to link with the thread−safe MySQL client library.

• −−plugindir

The default plugin directory path name, defined when configuring MySQL.

• −−port

The default TCP/IP port number, defined when configuring MySQL.

• −−socket

The default Unix socket file, defined when configuring MySQL.

• −−version

Version number for the MySQL distribution.

If you invoke mysql_config with no options, it displays a list of all options that it supports, and their values:

shell> mysql_config
Usage: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config [options]
Options:
−−cflags [−I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql −mcpu=pentiumpro]
−−include [−I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql]
−−libs [−L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql −lmysqlclient −lz
−lcrypt −lnsl −lm −L/usr/lib −lssl −lcrypto]
−−libs_r [−L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql −lmysqlclient_r
−lpthread −lz −lcrypt −lnsl −lm −lpthread]
−−socket [/tmp/mysql.sock]
−−port [3306]
−−version [4.0.16]
−−libmysqld−libs [−L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql −lmysqld −lpthread −lz
−lcrypt −lnsl −lm −lpthread −lrt]

You can use mysql_config within a command line to include the value that it displays for a particular option. For example, to compile a MySQL client program, use mysql_config as follows:

shell> CFG=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
shell> sh −c "gcc −o progname ‘$CFG −−include‘ progname.c ‘$CFG −−libs‘"

When you use mysql_config this way, be sure to invoke it within backtick (“‘”) characters. That tells the shell to execute it and substitute its output into the surrounding command.

COPYRIGHT

This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

AUTHOR

Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).

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