mysql History File

On Unix, the mysql client writes a record of executed statements to a history file. By default, this file is named .mysql_history and is created in your home directory. To specify a different file, set the value of the MYSQL_HISTFILE environment variable.

The .mysql_history should be protected with a restrictive access mode because sensitive information might be written to it, such as the text of SQL statements that contain passwords. See , "End-User Guidelines for Password Security".

It is possible to suppress logging of statements to the history file by using the --batch or --execute option.

If you do not want to maintain a history file, first remove .mysql_history if it exists, and then use either of the following techniques:

• Set the MYSQL_HISTFILE variable to /dev/null. To cause this setting to take effect each time you log in, put the setting in one of your shell's startup files.
• Create .mysql_history as a symbolic link to /dev/null:

  shell> ln -s /dev/null $HOME/.mysql_history
  

  You need do this only once.

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