Options for mariadb-plugin & mysql_plugin in 10.5 ES¶

The mariadb-plugin utility is the newer name for mysql_plugin, though you can still run it using either name.

Option	Description
--basedir (-b)	The basedir for the server.
--datadir (-d)	The datadir for the server.
--help (-?)	Display this help and exit.
--my-print-defaults (-f)	Path to my_print_defaults executable. Example: /source/temp11/extra
--mysqld (-m)	Path to mysqld executable. Example: /sbin/temp1/mysql/bin
--no-defaults (-n)	Do not read values from configuration file.
--plugin-dir (-p)	The plugin dir for the server.
--plugin-ini (-i)	Read plugin information from configuration file specified instead of from <plugin-dir>/<plugin_name>.ini.
--print-defaults (-P)	Show default values from configuration file.
--verbose (-v)	More verbose output; you can use this multiple times to get even more verbose output.
--version (-V)	Output version information and exit.