Re: [cobalt-users] /var dir

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jolley, Carl" <Carl.Jolley@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wouldn't be a lot simpler to create a symbolic link
> in /var/whatever that points to /home/whateverelse?

That's an alternative.  It still requires moving the databases to /home so
whether a symbolic link is easier or better than starting MySQL with the
true data directory location is a matter of preference.  I have reasons I
prefer my solution, including consistency and internal backup/recovery
procedures.  I usually install MySQL to /home/mysql and set the data
directory to /home/mysql/data.  YMMV.

> I know that on my raq3 my /var/http/log directory is actually
> a symbolic link to /home/log/httpd. But either Sun/Cobalt or
> my co-loc vendor did that.

That symbolic link is set by default by Sun.

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