mysqladmin

MYSQLADMIN(1) MySQL Database System MYSQLADMIN(1)

NAME
mysqladmin - client for administering a MySQL server

SYNOPSIS
mysqladmin [options] command [command-options] [command
[command-options]]
...

DESCRIPTION
mysqladmin is a client for performing administrative operations. You
can use it to check the server's configuration and current status, to
create and drop databases, and more.

Invoke mysqladmin like this:

shell> mysqladmin [options] command [command-arg] [command [command-arg]] ...

mysqladmin supports the commands described in the following list. Some
of the commands take an argument following the command name.

o create db_name

Create a new database named db_name.

o debug

Tell the server to write debug information to the error log.

o drop db_name

Delete the database named db_name and all its tables.

o extended-status

Display the server status variables and their values.

o flush-hosts

Flush all information in the host cache.

o flush-logs

Flush all logs.

o flush-privileges

Reload the grant tables (same as reload).

o flush-status

Clear status variables.

o flush-tables

Flush all tables.

o flush-threads

Flush the thread cache. (Added in MySQL 3.23.16.)

o kill id,id,...

Kill server threads. If multiple thread ID values are given, there
must be no spaces in the list.

o old-password new-password

This is like the password command but stores the password using the
old (pre-4.1) password-hashing format. This command was added in
MySQL 4.1.0. (See Section 6.9, "Password Hashing as of MySQL 4.1".)

o password new-password

Set a new password. This changes the password to new-password for
the account that you use with mysqladmin for connecting to the
server. Thus, the next time you invoke mysqladmin (or any other
client program) using the same account, you will need to specify the
new password.

If the new-password value contains spaces or other characters that
are special to your command interpreter, you need to enclose it
within quotes. On Windows, be sure to use double quotes rather than
single quotes; single quotes are not stripped from the password, but
rather are interpreted as part of the password. For example:

shell> mysqladmin password "my new password"

o ping

Check whether the server is alive. The return status from mysqladmin
is 0 if the server is running, 1 if it is not. Beginning with MySQL
4.0.22, the status is 0 even in case of an error such as Access
denied, because that means the server is running but refused the
connection, which is different from the server not running.

o processlist

Show a list of active server threads. This is like the output of the
SHOW PROCESSLIST statement. If the --verbose option is given, the
output is like that of SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST.

o reload

Reload the grant tables.

o refresh

Flush all tables and close and open log files.

o shutdown

Stop the server.

o start-slave

Start replication on a slave server. (Added in MySQL 3.23.16.)

o status

Display a short server status message.

o stop-slave

Stop replication on a slave server. (Added in MySQL 3.23.16.)

o variables

Display the server system variables and their values.

o version

Display version information from the server.

All commands can be shortened to any unique prefix. For example:

The mysqladmin status command result displays the following values:

o Uptime

The number of seconds the MySQL server has been running.

o Threads

The number of active threads (clients).

o Questions

The number of questions (queries) from clients since the server was
started.

o Slow queries

The number of queries that have taken more than long_query_time
seconds. See Section 10.5, "The Slow Query Log".

o Opens

The number of tables the server has opened.

o Flush tables

The number of flush-*, refresh, and reload commands the server has
executed.

o Open tables

The number of tables that currently are open.

o Memory in use

The amount of memory allocated directly by mysqld. This value is
displayed only when MySQL has been compiled with --with-debug=full.

o Maximum memory used

The maximum amount of memory allocated directly by mysqld. This
value is displayed only when MySQL has been compiled with
--with-debug=full.

If you execute mysqladmin shutdown when connecting to a local server
using a Unix socket file, mysqladmin waits until the server's process
ID file has been removed, to ensure that the server has stopped
properly.

mysqladmin supports the following options:

o --help, -?

Display a help message and exit.

o --character-sets-dir=path

The directory where character sets are installed. See Section 9.1,
"The Character Set Used for Data and Sorting".

o --compress, -C

Compress all information sent between the client and the server if
both support compression.

o --count=N, -c N

The number of iterations to make for repeated command execution.
This works only with the --sleep option.

o --debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]

Write a debugging log. The debug_options string often is
'd:t:o,file_name'. The default is 'd:t:o,/tmp/mysqladmin.trace'.

o --default-character-set=charset_name

Use charset_name as the default character set. See Section 9.1, "The
Character Set Used for Data and Sorting". Added in MySQL 4.1.9.

o --force, -f

Do not ask for confirmation for the drop db_name command. With
multiple commands, continue even if an error occurs.

o --host=host_name, -h host_name

Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

o --password[=password], -p[password]

The password to use when connecting to the server. If you use the
short option form (-p), you cannot have a space between the option
and the password. If you omit the password value following the
--password or -p option on the command line, you are prompted for
one.

Specifying a password on the command line should be considered
insecure. See Section 7.6, "Keeping Your Password Secure".

o --port=port_num, -P port_num

The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

o --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}

The connection protocol to use. Added in MySQL 4.1.

o --relative, -r

Show the difference between the current and previous values when
used with the --sleep option. Currently, this option works only with
the extended-status command.

o --silent, -s

Exit silently if a connection to the server cannot be established.

o --sleep=delay, -i delay

Execute commands repeatedly, sleeping for delay seconds in between.
The --count option determines the number of iterations.

o --socket=path, -S path

For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on
Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.

o --ssl*

Options that begin with --ssl specify whether to connect to the
server via SSL and indicate where to find SSL keys and certificates.
See Section 7.7.3, "SSL Command Options".

o --user=user_name, -u user_name

The MySQL username to use when connecting to the server.

o --verbose, -v

Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.

o --version, -V

Display version information and exit.

o --vertical, -E

Print output vertically. This is similar to --relative, but prints
output vertically.

o --wait[=count], -w[count]

If the connection cannot be established, wait and retry instead of
aborting. If a count value is given, it indicates the number of
times to retry. The default is one time.

You can also set the following variables by using --var_name=value
syntax:

o connect_timeout

The maximum number of seconds before connection timeout. The default
value is 43200 (12 hours).

o shutdown_timeout

The maximum number of seconds to wait for server shutdown. The
default value is 3600 (1 hour).

It is also possible to set variables by using
--set-variable=var_name=value or -O var_name=value syntax. However,
this syntax is deprecated as of MySQL 4.0.

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SEE ALSO
isamchk(1), isamlog(1), msql2mysql(1), myisam_ftdump(1), myisamchk(1),
myisamlog(1), myisampack(1), mysql(1), mysql.server(1),
mysql_config(1), mysql_explain_log(1), mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1),
mysql_zap(1), mysqlaccess(1), mysqlbinlog(1), mysqlcheck(1), mysqld(1),
mysqld(8), mysqld_multi(1), mysqld_safe(1), mysqldump(1),
mysqlhotcopy(1), mysqlimport(1), mysqlshow(1), pack_isam(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 4.1 11/02/2006 MYSQLADMIN(1)