[BNM] noob question: mysql data directory

[David Andrew]

JCG shines a guiding light once again!

Thanks mister


2008/12/1 Jay Caines-Gooby <jay at gooby.org>:
> 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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