The Contents of the MySQL Directory | 81

include/
Contains header files for use when developing programs that use MySQL libraries.
lib/
Contains library files that can be used by third-party programs to access the MySQL
server.
mysql-test/
Contains detailed tests you can run to confirm that your server is working properly.
sql-bench/
Contains detailed tests that can be used to measure database server performance.
scripts/
Contains scripts, such as mysql_install_db, that maybe needed for server administration. Under Windows, you can’t run most of the scripts directly, but there are several files that contain SQL statements to do certain tasks, which can be run through the MySQL server.
share/
Contains configuration files, such as translations of MySQL display messages for different languages.
Other directories that are typically present on a full installation include:
man/
Contains information on some MySQL programs in the classic Unix manual format.
If you installed MySQL using RPMs or an installer, you should be able to view the manual pages by typing man followed by the command name—for example man mysqldump
If you used a gzipped tar archive, you can add the MySQL man directory to the search path used by the manual page-viewer program. To do this, edit the file .bashrc in your home directory (
/.bashrc) and add this line to the end:
export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/mysql/man
To activate the changes, type
$
source
/.bashrc
, logout and login again, or simply restart the computer.
Finally, you can always view these files by typing a command such as the one below
(using the mysqldump file as an example man /usr/local/mysql/man/man1/mysqldump.1
support-files/
Contains files and scripts used to configure the server, including ones you can use or modify for your system.

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