connecting to mysql from cygwin

Question

I can successfully connect to MySQL from a DOS prompt, but when I try to connect from cygwin, it just hangs.

$/cygdrive/c/Program\\ Files/MySQL/MySQL\\ Serve         


        

Answer 1

Althoug Svend Hansen answer has some points, another thing is the PATH in Environment variables - if the path to mysql is before that of cygwin

which mysql

will show

/cygdrive/c/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.5/bin/mysql

otherwise it will show the cygwin client.

As reference Wikipedia says:

Some programs may add their directory to the front of the PATH variable's content during installation, to speed up the search process and/or override OS commands.