mysqld: where is the query log file saved?

Question

i have executed this

sudo mysqld --general_log

Where the log file is stored?

Regards

Javi

Answer 1

Please have a look in the folder /var/log/mysql/.

By default the general_log_file is host_name.log.

For more see: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/server-system-variables.html#sysvar_general_log_file