Bug #73730 mysql-service documentation bug
Submitted: 26 Aug 2014 19:50 Modified: 27 Aug 2014 18:02
Reporter: Justin Swanhart Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Documentation Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.6, 5.5, 5.1,5.0 OS:Any
Assigned to: Paul DuBois CPU Architecture:Any

[26 Aug 2014 19:50] Justin Swanhart 
Description:
--service-startup-timeout=file_name

How long in seconds to wait for confirmation of server startup. If the server does not start within this time, mysql.server exits with an error. The default value is 900. A value of 0 means not to wait at all for startup. Negative values mean to wait forever (no timeout).

How to repeat:
should be:
--service-startup-timeout=signed integer

Suggested fix:
Also since this value is also used at shutdown, maybe rename to:
--service-runtime-timeout=signed integer

but regardless, it should be documented as an integer, not a filename
[26 Aug 2014 21:14] MySQL Verification Team 
Thank you for the bug report.
[27 Aug 2014 18:02] Paul DuBois 
Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been addressed in the documentation. The updated documentation will appear on our website shortly.