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:

       o  --cflags

          Compiler flags to find include files and critical
          compiler flags and defines used when compiling the
          libmysqlclient library.

       o  --include

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

       o  --libmysqld-libs, --embedded

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

       o  --libs

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

       o  --libs_r

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

       o  --port

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

       o  --socket

          The default Unix socket file, defined when configuring
          MySQL.

       o  --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), 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.

MySQL 5.0                   03/04/2006        FBMYSQL_CONFIGFR(1)