start MySQL server from command line on Mac OS Lion

Question

I installed mySQL for my Mac. Beside starting the SQL server with mySQL.prefPane tool installed in System Preference, I want to know the instruction to start from command-li

Answer 1

If you installed it with homebrew, the binary will be somewhere like

/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.10/bin/mysqld

which means you can start it with

/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.10/support-files/mysql.server start

and stop it with

/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.10/support-files/mysql.server stop

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Edit: As Jacob Raccuia mentioned, make sure you put the appropriate version of MySQL in the path.