How to stop mysqld

Question

To find out the start command for mysqld (using a mac) I can do:

ps aux|grep mysql

I get the following output, which allows me to start mys

Answer 1

for Binary installer use this:

to stop:

sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM stop

to start:

sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM start

to restart:

sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM restart