New to MongoDB Can not run command mongo

Question

I was trying to run MongoDB:

   E:\\mongo\\bin>mongod
    mongod --help for help and startup options
    Sun Nov 06 18:48:37
    Sun Nov 06 18:48:37 warning:          


        

Answer 1

After several attempts this works for me on Windows 7 env.:

Initially directory to which you have copied all MongDB sources has such view:

bsondump.exe
mongo.exe
mongod.exe
mongod.pdb
mongodump.exe
mongoexport.exe
mongofiles.exe
mongoimport.exe
mongooplog.exe
mongoperf.exe
mongorestore.exe
mongos.exe
mongos.pdb
mongostat.exe
mongotop.exe

All you need is to add data directory and db directory nested( data/db ) Final view should look like this:

data
bsondump.exe
mongo.exe
mongod.exe
mongod.pdb
mongodump.exe
mongoexport.exe
mongofiles.exe
mongoimport.exe
mongooplog.exe
mongoperf.exe
mongorestore.exe
mongos.exe
mongos.pdb
mongostat.exe
mongotop.exe

Than simply type in directory where MongoDB sources and data/db dirs exist this command:

C:\my_mongo_dir\bin>mongod --dbpath .\data\db