mysql_config(1) - Linux man page

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.
*

--include

Compiler options to find MySQL include files. (Note that normally you would use --cflags instead of this option.)
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--libmysqld-libs, --embedded

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

--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 '$CFG --cflags' progname.c '$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.

See Also

msql2mysql(1), myisam_ftdump(1), myisamchk(1), myisamlog(1), myisampack(1), mysql(1), mysql.server(1), mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1), mysql_upgrade(1), mysql_zap(1), mysqlaccess(1), mysqladmin(1), mysqlbinlog(1), mysqlcheck(1), mysqld(1), mysqld_multi(1), mysqld_safe(1), mysqldump(1), mysqlhotcopy(1), mysqlimport(1), mysqlmanager(1), mysqlshow(1), perror(1), replace(1), safe_mysqld(1)

For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which may already be installed locally and which is also available online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

Author

MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/). This software comes with no warranty.