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MYSQL_CONFIG(1)                             MySQL Database System                            MYSQL_CONFIG(1)



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.

         --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
       Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.

       This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of
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       License.

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       USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

SEE ALSO
       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
       Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).



MySQL 5.0                                        05/07/2009                                  MYSQL_CONFIG(1)