mysql command client?

[fuchs]

Hello friends,
Installing Mysql 5.0.37 from the source distro, I can start the server through the mysql script in /etc/init.d but before the new installation I could start a client from a command window by typing (e.g.)
mysql -u username -p.
And i got,
"Usage: /usr/sbin/mysql {start|stop|restart|reload} [ MySQL server options ]".
Please tell me what i am doing wrong? Any hints?
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[ishac]

You are not executing the client command. There should be 'mysqld' in /usr/sbin in most normal installations. The command output shows it is the startup script that should be in /etc/init.d. In any case the client 'mysql' should be in /usr/bin. Check your path so that /usr/bin appears before /usr/sbin. Also, clean everything up and rerun the install. In order to play, move that command to /etc/init.d, make sure 'mysqld' is in /usr/sbin and the 'mysql' binary is in /usr/bin.
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