.. _fwflag_mysql_config_file:
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--mysql_config_file
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Switch
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--mysql_config_file /path/to/config/file.txt

Description
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Set the location of the MySQL configuration file. Can also use --conf or --mysql_config

Argument and Default Value
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Default value: ~/.my.cnf

Note, that if the file ``~/.my.cnf`` does not exist and you do not use this flag, then MySQL will use the following defaults:

* User: your current system-level username
* Password: No password
* Host: ``localhost``

Details
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For more details on the data engines please see :doc:`../tutorials/tut_dataengine`.


Example Commands
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Standard unigram extraction

.. code-block:: bash

	dlatkInterface.py -d dla_tutorial -t msgs -c user_id --add_ngrams --mysql_config_file ~/mysql_config.txt