mysqld_safemysqld_safe is a shell script that starts up the mysqld server and monitors it. If the server dies, mysqld_safe restarts it. Prior to MySQL 4, mysqld_safe was known as safe_mysqld. mysqld_safe is a shell script and is unavailable on Windows. Usage mysqld_safe [options] Options Specific to mysld_safeOptions that can be used with mysqld can also be used with mysqld_safe, which simply passes them to mysqld. In addition, mysqld_safe understands the following options of its own:
Upgrading TipsIf you're upgrading to MySQL 4.x from MySQL 3.x, when mysqld_safe was known as safe_mysqld, watch out for the following things:
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