Local socket communication, path in my.ini
Hello,
I have a question about the path specification insite the my.ini configuration file. Version: MariaDB 5.2.12 for windows.
I want to use a local client<->server connection. So I configure the socket parameter: 'socket = C:/Data/MariaDB 5.2/data/mysql.sock'. But I can't find the file 'mysql.sock' in the configured path. So I tried 'socket = C:\Data\MariaDB 5.2\data\mysql.sock'. But with this configuration I can not find the file too.
What is my mistake? How can I check if MariaDB use the socket communikation?
Best regards, Oliver
Answer Answered by Elena Stepanova in this comment.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/server-options.html#option_mysqld_socket
"On Unix, this option specifies the Unix socket file to use when listening for local connections. The default value is /tmp/mysql.sock. If this option is given, the server creates the file in the data directory unless an absolute path name is given to specify a different directory. On Windows, the option specifies the pipe name to use when listening for local connections that use a named pipe. The default value is MySQL (not case sensitive). "
You are on Windows, hence no file.
