SYNOPSIS
       mysql_install_db [options]

DESCRIPTION
       mysql_install_db initializes the MySQL data directory and creates the
       system tables that it contains, if they do not exist.

       To invoke mysql_install_db, use the following syntax:

          shell> mysql_install_db [options]

       Because the MySQL server, mysqld, needs to access the data directory
       when it runs later, you should either run mysql_install_db from the
       same account that will be used for running mysqld or run it as root and
       use the --user option to indicate the user name that mysqld will run
       as. It might be necessary to specify other options such as --basedir or
       --datadir if mysql_install_db does not use the correct locations for
       the installation directory or data directory. For example:

          shell> bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql \
                   --basedir=/opt/mysql/mysql \
                   --datadir=/opt/mysql/mysql/data

       mysql_install_db needs to invoke mysqld with the --bootstrap and
       --skip-grant-tables options (see Section 2.16.2, "Typical configure
       Options"). If MySQL was configured with the --disable-grant-options
       option, --bootstrap and --skip-grant-tables will be disabled. To handle
       this, set the MYSQLD_BOOTSTRAP environment variable to the full path
       name of a server that has all options enabled.  mysql_install_db will
       use that server.

       mysql_install_db supports the options in the following list. It also
       reads option files and supports the options for processing them
       described at Section 4.2.3.2.1, "Command-Line Options that Affect
       Option-File Handling".

       o  --basedir=path

          The path to the MySQL installation directory.

       o  --force

          Causes mysql_install_db to run even if DNS does not work. In that
          case, grant table entries that normally use host names will use IP
          addresses.

       o  --datadir=path, --ldata=path

          The path to the MySQL data directory.

       o  --rpm

          For internal use. This option is used by RPM files during the MySQL

       o  --user=user_name

          The login user name to use for running mysqld. Files and directories
          created by mysqld will be owned by this user. You must be root to
          use this option. By default, mysqld runs using your current login
          name and files and directories that it creates will be owned by you.

       o  --verbose

          Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.

       o  --windows

          For internal use. This option is used for creating Windows
          distributions.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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SEE ALSO
       For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which
       may already be installed locally and which is also available online at
       http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR
       Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).