What is the location of mysql client “.my.cnf” in XAMPP for Windows?

Question

What is the location of mysql client .my.cnf using XAMPP in Windows?

Clarification: This file does not exist by default, so when you cr

Answer 1

On Windows you can open a command window and type the command

sc qc mysql

Or:

sc qc mariadb

which (depending on your flavor and version) will output something like:

[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: mariadb
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS 
        START_TYPE         : 2   AUTO_START
        ERROR_CONTROL      : 1   NORMAL
        BINARY_PATH_NAME   : "C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.4\bin\mysqld.exe" "--defaults-file=C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.4\data\my.ini" "MariaDB"
        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   : 
        TAG                : 0
        DISPLAY_NAME       : MariaDB
        DEPENDENCIES       : 
        SERVICE_START_NAME : NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService

From this you can see the location of the my.ini file.

You can also change it with the same "sc" command like this:

sc config mysql binPath= 

Or:

sc config mariadb binPath= 

For example:

sc config mariadb binpath= "\"C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.4\bin\mysqld.exe\" \"--defaults-file=M:\data\my.ini\" \"MariaDB\""