For homebrew mysql installs, where's my.cnf?

Question

For homebrew mysql installs, where\'s my.cnf? Does it install one?

Answer 1

On your shell type my_print_defaults --help

At the bottom of the result, you should be able to see the file from which the server reads the configurations. It prints something like this:

Default options are read from the following files in the given order:
/etc/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf /usr/local/etc/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf