mysql_server.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

=begin
PID="/usr/local/var/mysql/local.pid"
DATA_DIR="/usr/local/var/mysql"
BASE_DIR="/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.15"
PLUGIN_DIR="/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.15/lib/plugin"
LOG_ERROR="/usr/local/var/mysql/local.err.log"

trap "echo 'killing MySQL'; kill -SIGQUIT \`cat $PID\`" SIGQUIT SIGTERM

mysqld --basedir=$BASE_DIR --datadir=$DATA_DIR --plugin-dir=$PLUGIN_DIR --log-error=$LOG_ERROR --pid-file=$PID --console
=end

options = { :'pid-file'   => "/usr/local/var/mysql/local.pid",
            :'datadir'    => "/usr/local/var/mysql",
            :'basedir'    => "/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.15",
            :'plugin-dir' => "/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.15/lib/plugin",
            :'log-error'  => "/usr/local/var/mysql/local.err.log"}

trap 'QUIT' do  
  puts "received quit call"  
  exit(0)  
end

trap 'TERM' do  
  puts "received term call"
  exit(0)  
end

trap 'HUP' do  
  puts "received hup call"
  exit(0)  
end

system( "" )

options_command = options.map { |k,v| "--#{k}='#{v}'" }.join(" ")

puts "final command -> #{options_command}"

system( "mysqld #{options_command} --console" )