mysqladmin(1) MySQL database mysqladmin(1)NAMEmysqladmin [OPTIONS] command command.... - A utility for
performing administrative operations
OPTION SYNOPSISmysqladmin [-#|--debug= logfile] [-f|--force] [-?|--help]
[--character-sets-dir=directory] [-C|--compress]
[-h|--host=[#]] [-p[pwd]] [--password=[pwd]] [-P|--port=
pnum] [-i|--sleep= sec] [-E|--vertical] [-s|--silent]
[-S|--socket= #] [-r|--relative] [-t|--timeout= #]
[-u|--user= uname] [-v|--verbose] [-V|--version]
[-w|--wait[=retries]]
OPTION DESCRIPTION
You can get a list of the options your version of mysqlad-
min supports by executing mysqladmin--help
OPTIONS
-#|--debug=logfile
Output debug log. Often this is 'd:t:o,filename`
-f|--force
Don't ask for confirmation on drop database; with
multiple commands, continue even if an error occurs
-?|--help
Display help and exit
--character-sets-dir=directory
Set the character set directory
-C|--compress
Use compression in server/client protocol
-h|--host=hostname
Connect to host
-p|--password[=pwd]
Password to use when connecting to server If pass-
word is not given it's asked from the tty
-P|--port=pnum
Port number to use for connection
-i|--sleep=sec
Execute commands again and again with a sleep
between
-r|--relative
Show difference between current and previous values
when used with -i extended-status
-E|--vertical
Print output vertically. Is similar to --relative,
but prints output vertically.
-s|--silent
Silently exit if one can't connect to server
-S|--socket=file
Socket file to use for connection
-t|--timeout=sec
Timeout for connection to the mysqld server
-u|--user=uname
User for login if not current user
-v|--verbose
Write more information
-V|--version
Output version information and exit
-w|--wait
Wait and retry if connection is down
COMMAND SYNOPSIS
MySQLADMIN [create databasename ] [drop databasename]
[extended-status] [flush-hosts] [flush-logs] [flush-
tables] [flush-privileges] [ kill id,id,... ] [password
new-password ] [ping] [processlist] [reload] [refresh]
[shutdown] [slave-start] [slave-stop] [status] [variables]
[version]
COMMANDS
Where command is a one or more of: (Commands may be short-
ened)
create databasename
Create a new database
drop databasename
Delete a database and all its tables
extended-status
Gives an extended status message from the server
flush-hosts
Flush all cached hosts
flush-logs
Flush all logs
flush-status
Clear status variables
flush-tables
Flush all tables
flush-threads
Flush the thread cache
flush-privileges
Reload grant tables (same as reload)
kill id,id,...
Kill mysql threads
password new-password
Change old password to new-password
ping Check if mysqld is alive
processlist
Show list of active threads in server
reload Reload grant tables
refresh
Flush all tables and close and open logfiles
shutdown
Take server down
status Gives a short status message from the server
variables
Prints variables available
version
Get version info from server
SEE ALSO
isamchk (1), isamlog (1), mysqlaccess (1), mysqladmin (1),
mysqlbug (1), mysqld (1), mysqldump (1), mysqlshow (1),
msql2mysql (1), perror (1), replace (1), mysqld_safe (1),
which1 (1), zap (1),
AUTHOR
Ver 1.0, distribution 3.23.29a Michael (Monty) Widenius
(monty@tcx.se), TCX Datakonsult AB (http://www.tcx.se).
This software comes with no warranty. Manual page by L.
(Kill-9) Pedersen (kill-9@kill-9.dk), Mercurmedia Data
Model Architect / system developer (http://www.mercurme-
dia.com)
MySQL 4.0 19 December 2000 mysqladmin(1)
