Allow to set-up the data directory separately

[hhorak]

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Let's allow users to setup separately the data directory. Something like that might be quite handy for users: run it once with docker run --rm -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=* ... run-mysqld-setup.sh, which configures the storage area, then run with docker run ...

[bparees]

how is that different from running it, letting it setup the storage, and then killing it, and then running it again later?

@mnagy fyi.

[hhorak]

It is the same, but less anoying. On Aug 21, 2015 3:53 PM, "Ben Parees" [email protected] wrote:

how is that different from running it, letting it setup the storage, and then killing it, and then running it again later?

@mnagy https://github.com/mnagy fyi.

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[bparees]

i'd vote for doing this w/ an env variable then. -e SETUP_ONLY=true