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While installing from binaries. The below always gives error when we execute from 'scripts' directory
[mysql@hostname ~]$ cd /mysql/product/5.6.12/scripts/
[mysql@hostname ~]$ . mysql_install_db --defaults-file=my.cnf
-bash: use: command not found
But the same works fine when I execute one step back from scripts directory
[mysql@hostname ~]$ scripts/mysql_install_db --defaults-file=my.cnf
Question: Why this happens ?
I think you have a mistake, you can't execute:
[mysql@hostname ~]$ . mysql_install_db --defaults-file=my.cnf
Because the correct line is:
[mysql@hostname ~]$ ./mysql_install_db --defaults-file=my.cnf
You don't have in PATH environtment variable the current directory ".".
The problem appears to be that you're trying to source the installation script by putting . (dot space) in front of the script name. This behaves differently from executing the script.
Prefix the mysql_install_db with a ./ instead:
./mysql_install_db
When you execute it from the level above, you're not including the . (dot space), so it executes the script and works as you expect.
