4.8.10 mysql_config, Get compile options for compiling clients

mysql_config provides you with useful information how to compile your MySQL client and connect it to MySQL.

mysql_config supports the following options:

--cflags

Compiler flags to find include files

--libs

Libs and options required to link with the MySQL client library.

--socket

The default socket name, defined when configuring MySQL.

--port

The default port number, defined when configuring MySQL.

--version

Version number and version for the MySQL distribution

--libmysqld-libs

Libs and options required to link with the MySQL embedded server.

If you execute mysql_config without any options it will print all options it supports plus the value of all options:

shell> mysql_config
sage: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config [OPTIONS]
Options:
        --cflags         [-I'/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql']
        --libs           [-L'/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql' -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto]
        --socket         [/tmp/mysql.sock]
        --port           [3306]
        --version        [4.0.8-gamma]
        --libmysqld-libs [ -L'/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql' -lmysqld -lpthread -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm  -lpthread  -lrt]

You can use this to compile a MySQL client by as follows:

CFG=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
sh -c "gcc -o progname `$CFG --cflags` progname.c `$CFG --libs`"

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