MySQL Database Files

The MySQL 5.0.45 software for Solaris is installed into a number of subdirectories of /usr/mysql/5.0. Symbolic links are created from all directories under /usr/mysql/5.0 to /usr/mysql directories so that latest version of MySQL can also be accessed from /usr/mysql.

/usr/mysql/5.0/bin

Contains the binaries and scripts.

/usr/mysql/5.0/lib

Contains the libraries for the client API.

/usr/mysql/5.0/include

Contains the header files for the client API.

/usr/mysql/5.0/man/man1

Manual pages for client programs.

/usr/mysql/5.0/man/man8

Manual pages for server programs.

/usr/mysql/5.0/share

Shared data: locale, time zone

/usr/mysql/5.0/docs

Contains HTML documentation.

/usr/mysql/5.0/mysql-test

Contains MySQL test programs.

/usr/mysql/5.0/sql-bench

SQL benchmark test

/usr/mysql/5.0/share/mysql

Contains internationalization (I18N) files, sample configuration files, and utility scripts.

/var/mysql/5.0/data

Default database data directory.

/etc/mysql/5.0

Contains the MySQL configuration file.

/usr/mysql/5.0/bin/mysql

Client executable.

/usr/mysql/5.0/bin/mysqld

Server executable.