[BNM] noob question: mysql data directory

[Jay Caines-Gooby]

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:47 PM, David Andrew <david.andrew at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi list
>
> I want to view the contents of my mysql data dir, so I type:
>
> david-andrews-computer:/usr/local/mysql test$ sudo cd data
>
> which returns:
>
> david-andrews-computer:/usr/local/mysql test$
>
> I have stopped the mysql server. Why can't I get into my data dir?

Because you'd be in a directory you don't have permissions to be in,
after the sudo cd exits.

from the '/usr/local/mysql test' folder, running

sudo ls -l data

will show you what's in there

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