Getting to mysql bin directory on windows

I am trying to get to the bin directory of mysql 5 on windows, the name of
the mysql folder whereby I can cd to the bin directory is MySQL Server 5.0
and windows has shortened it to MYSQLS~1 however I cannot get to the
directory regardless of what I type, it keeps saying invalid directory, this
is what my dos prompt looks like:


C:\Program Files>cd mysql

C:\Program Files\MySQL>dir


Directory of C:\Program Files\MySQL

..

Re: Getting to mysql bin directory on windows

Nospam wrote:
> I am trying to get to the bin directory of mysql 5 on windows, the
> name of the mysql folder whereby I can cd to the bin directory is
> MySQL Server 5.0 and windows has shortened it to MYSQLS~1 however I
> cannot get to the directory regardless of what I type, it keeps
> saying invalid directory, this is what my dos prompt looks like:
>
>
> C:\Program Files>cd mysql
>
> C:\Program Files\MySQL>dir
>
>
> Directory of C:\Program Files\MySQL
>
> .

Re: Getting to mysql bin directory on windows

You need to enter
cd mysqls~1.0

The command
dir /x
will display the 8dot3 names.

You may also be able to use the TAB key to complete the path you are
typing.
For example, type
cd my
then press the TAB key and it should hopefully complete to something
like
cd "MySQL Server 5.0"

Re: Getting to mysql bin directory on windows

"Tito" wrote in message
news:1161136184.841770.150040@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> You need to enter
> cd mysqls~1.0
>
> The command
> dir /x
> will display the 8dot3 names.
>
> You may also be able to use the TAB key to complete the path you are
> typing.
> For example, type
> cd my
> then press the TAB key and it should hopefully complete to something
> like
> cd "MySQL Server 5.0"
finally able to get to the directory, however, on trying to change the
password it says this:

C:\PROGRA~1\MYSQL\MYSQLS~1.0\BIN\MYSQLA~1.EXE: connect to server at
'localhost'
failed
error: 'Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)'
Check that mysqld is running on localhost and that the port is 3306.
You can check this by doing 'telnet localhost 3306'

telent localhost 3306 says "could not open a connection to localhost"

and typing:

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin>mysqld-nt
061018 21:17:10 [ERROR] Can't find messagefile 'C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL
Ser
ver 5.0\share\english\errmsg.sys'
061018 21:17:10 [ERROR] Aborting

What could be wrong?

Re: Getting to mysql bin directory on windows

Nospam wrote:
> finally able to get to the directory, however, on trying to change
> the password it says this:
>
> C:\PROGRA~1\MYSQL\MYSQLS~1.0\BIN\MYSQLA~1.EXE: connect to server at
> 'localhost'
> failed
> error: 'Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)'
> Check that mysqld is running on localhost and that the port is 3306.
> You can check this by doing 'telnet localhost 3306'
>
> telent localhost 3306 says "could not open a connection to localhost"
>
> and typing:
>
> C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin>mysqld-nt
> 061018 21:17:10 [ERROR] Can't find messagefile 'C:\Program
> Files\MySQL\MySQL Ser
> ver 5.0\share\english\errmsg.sys'
> 061018 21:17:10 [ERROR] Aborting

I'd suggest a visit to comp.databases.mysql, it has zero to do with PHP.

--
Grtz,

Rik Wasmus