Cannot find mysql.sock

Question

I just had to re-install mysql and I am having a problem starting it up. It cannot find the socket (mysql.sock). The problem is that neither can I. In my Mac OS X 10.4 te

Answer 1

This solved my problem

mysql_config --socket

UPDATE

mysql_config can tell us where the file mysql.sock should be, but in my case the file didn't exist. So, I've deleted my.cnf:

sudo rm -rf /etc/my.cnf

And then restarted mysql:

brew services restart mysql

The file was created and mysql is now running well.