File mysql.sock lost

[Dan Busarow]

On Tuesday, Jul 20, 2004, at 11:12 US/Mountain, Markus Spitzner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> have you a Solution about the lost file "mysql.sock"?
>
> I've deleted them, and I thought that a restart of MySQL will recreate 
> the file.
>
> And here is your answer of this question...
>
> NO! It DOESNT!

Yes, it does.  Make sure you kill the currently running (but not 
functioning)
mysqld before you restart it.

Dan