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 [quote]G:\EASYPHP\MYSQL\BIN>mysqladmin
 MYSQLADMIN  Ver 8.23 Distrib 3.23.49, for Win95/Win98 on i32
 Copyright (C) 2000 MySQL AB & MySQL Finland AB & TCX DataKonsult AB
 This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
 and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license
   Administration program for the mysqld daemon.
 Usage: MYSQLADMIN [OPTIONS] command command....
     -#, --debug=...       Output debug log. Often this is 'd:t:o,filename`
   -f, --force           Don't ask for confirmation on drop database; with
                         multiple commands, continue even if an error occurs
   -?, --help            Display this help and exit
   --character-sets-dir=...
                         Set the character set directory
   -C, --compress        Use compression in server/client protocol
   -h, --host=#          Connect to host
   -p, --password[=...]  Password to use when connecting to server
                         If password is not given it's asked from the tty
 -W, --pipe              Use named pipes to connect to server
   -P  --port=...        Port number to use for connection
   -i, --sleep=sec       Execute commands again and again with a sleep between
   -r, --relative        Show difference between current and previous values
                         when used with -i. Currently works only with
                         extended-status
   -E, --vertical        Print output vertically. Is similar to --relative,
                         but prints output vertically.
   -s, --silent          Silently exit if one can't connect to server
   -S, --socket=...      Socket file to use for connection
   -u, --user=#          User for login if not current user
   -v, --verbose         Write more information
   -V, --version         Output version information and exit
   -w, --wait[=retries]  Wait and retry if connection is down
   Default options are read from the following files in the given order:
 C:\WINNT\my.ini C:\my.cnf
 The following groups are read: mysqladmin client
 The following options may be given as the first argument:
 --print-defaults        Print the program argument list and exit
 --no-defaults           Don't read default options from any options file
 --defaults-file=#       Only read default options from the given file #
 --defaults-extra-file=# Read this file after the global files are read
   Possible variables for option --set-variable (-O) are:
 connect_timeout       current value: 0
 shutdown_timeout      current value: 3600
   Where command is a one or more of: (Commands may be shortened)
   create databasename   Create a new database
   drop databasename     Delete a database and all its tables
   extended-status       Gives an extended status message from the server
   flush-hosts           Flush all cached hosts
   flush-logs            Flush all logs
   flush-status          Clear status variables
   flush-tables          Flush all tables
   flush-threads         Flush the thread cache
   flush-privileges      Reload grant tables (same as reload)
   kill id,id,...        Kill mysql threads
   password new-password Change old password to new-password
   ping                  Check if mysqld is alive
   processlist           Show list of active threads in server
   reload                Reload grant tables
   refresh               Flush all tables and close and open logfiles
   shutdown              Take server down
   status                Gives a short status message from the server
   start-slave           Start slave
   stop-slave            Stop slave
   variables             Prints variables available
   version               Get version info from server
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