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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:

  ·  --cflags

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

  ·  --include

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

  ·  --libmysqld-libs, --embedded

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

  ·  --libs

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

  ·  --libs_r

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

  ·  --port

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

  ·  --socket

     The default Unix socket file, defined when configuring MySQL.

  ·  --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.

COPYRIGHT
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SEE ALSO
  make_win_bin_dist(1), msql2mysql(1), my_print_defaults(1),
  myisam_ftdump(1), myisamchk(1), myisamlog(1), myisampack(1), mysql(1),
  mysql.server(1), mysql_explain_log(1), mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1),
  mysql_install_db(1), mysql_tzinfo_to_sql(1), mysql_upgrade(1),
  mysql_zap(1), mysqlaccess(1), mysqladmin(1), mysqlbinlog(1), mysqlcheck(1),
  mysqld(8), mysqld_multi(1), mysqld_safe(1), mysqldump(1), mysqlhotcopy(1),
  mysqlimport(1), mysqlmanager(8), mysqlshow(1), ndb_config(1), ndb_cpcd(1),
  ndb_delete_all(1), ndb_desc(1), ndb_drop_index(1), ndb_drop_table(1),
  ndb_error_reporter(1), ndb_mgm(1), ndb_mgmd(1), ndb_print_backup_file(1),
  ndb_print_schema_file(1), ndb_print_sys_file(1), ndb_restore(1),
  ndb_select_all(1), ndb_select_count(1), ndb_show_tables(1), ndb_size.pl(1),
  ndb_waiter(1), ndbd(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.

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