mysql binlogs and their expiry times

[Zbigniew Szalbot]

Hello,

> Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
>
> | It works so no problem but I do not really like the idea of providing
> | passwords in crontab. I wish the option in my.cnf file worked as
> | advertised.
>
> Hmmm.... It's always worked for me to create a file /root/.my.cnf
> containing:
>
> [client]
> user = root
> password = imnottellingyou

Thank you Matthew. You made me learn something new and very useful! I
appreciate it very much!

-- 
Zbigniew Szalbot