Re: Re: Re: Perl Script connecting to Mysql works from command prompt, not from Apache

Dear Jay:

Thanks! I was going nuts trying to figure out where that /tmp/mysql.sock was coming from. One small piece of further help please: How do I create the symlink? I've done this before and my recollection is that it is a simple command 2-4 characters long but that its name is not intuitive. My documentation shows that words with *link* in them tend to be include files for C programs. My RH 6.1 Bible does not mention symlink nor symbolik link nor alias, etc. for about a dozen different words I thought of.

Do you know if the people in charge of DBI/DBD have any plans to make this a parameter? My recollection is that both MySQL and DBI use /tmp/mysql.sock. I had to go throiugh this process before just to het mysql to work from the command prompt. I have no idea where the /var/... socket came from.

Regards,
Gary

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Perl Script connecting to Mysql works from command prompt, not from Apache by bjelli (Pilgrim) on Apr 15, 2001 at 21:48 UTC
The UNIX command you're looking for is `ln -s .....` But you have to delete the existing socket first to replace it with a symlink, or use the additional option `-f` <per>-- Brigitte 'I never met a chocolate I didnt like' Jellinek http://www.horus.com/~bjelli/ http://perlwelt.horus.at	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Perl Script connecting to Mysql works from command prompt, not from Apache by eejack (Hermit) on Apr 15, 2001 at 21:53 UTC
Cool beans...:) I feel better now. the command you are looking for would be ln Snipped from the man page.. `NAME ln - make links SYNOPSIS ln [-fs] file [link_name] ln [-fs] file ... [directory] DESCRIPTION The ln utility creates a new directory entry, i.e. a new name in +the filesystem. There are two types of links: hard links and symboli +c links. ....` [download] EEjack	[reply] [d/l]