Axel Schwenke wrote:
> ZoombyWoof <zoombywoofremove@thishotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am working on a wrapper ( a dll made in C using the C-api) around the
>> MySQL-api in order to be able to use the embedded server from C#
>
>> ... the mysql-init-server wants to
>> open a errmsg.sys file which it wants to be located at
>> "c:\mysql\share\english".
>>
>> How can I avoid this ? Is there some option to tell the embedded server
>> routines that I want this file someplace else ?
>
> RTFM: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/...d-options.html
>
> The messages file is looked up in <basedir>\share\english. So you may
> want to set the --basedir option when calling mysql_server_init()
>
>
> XL
> --
> Axel Schwenke, Senior Software Developer, MySQL AB
>
> Online User Manual: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/
> MySQL User Forums: http://forums.mysql.com/
I found the solution to this. I set --language=<some dir>. Then I can
have the errmsg.sys file wherever I want.

/ZW