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I'm setting up a local database for gene annotation following the instructions on this page. They provide an .sql file to create some MySQL table structures (step 4) and several data files to populate the tables (steps 5-7). I've completed the setup process through step 5, but I am getting errors at step 6. What's unnerving is that the error I'm getting is different based on which directory I execute the mysqlimport command from.

standage@farnsworth:~$ mysqlimport -u wendel2go -p --fields-terminated-by='\t' b2g Desktop/gene2accession 
Enter password: 
mysqlimport: Error: 13, Can't get stat of '/var/lib/mysql/Desktop/gene2accession' (Errcode: 2), when using table: gene2accession
standage@farnsworth:~$ cd Desktop/
standage@farnsworth:~/Desktop$ mysqlimport -u wendel2go -p --fields-terminated-by='\t' b2g gene2accession 
Enter password: 
mysqlimport: Error: 29, File '/var/lib/mysql/b2g/gene2accession' not found (Errcode: 2), when using table: gene2accession

I'm not getting very informative results when I'm googling this error. Any ideas?

Update: I still get an error when I use the full path of the file, but the file not found is different now.

standage@farnsworth:~$ mysqlimport -u root -p --fields-terminated-by='\t' b2g /home/standage/Desktop/gene2accession 
Enter password: 
mysqlimport: Error: 29, File '/home/standage/Desktop/gene2accession' not found (Errcode: 13), when using table: gene2accession
standage@farnsworth:~$ list /home/standage/Desktop/gene2accession 
-rw-r--r-- 1 standage standage 1.6G 2010-12-01 14:31 /home/standage/Desktop/gene2accession

The file exists, and it's not a permissions issue.

Daniel Standage
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Try the full path to the file:

mysqlimport -u wendel2go -p --fields-terminated-by='\t' b2g /home/username/Desktop/gene2accession

Replace "username" with your user name.

Dennis Williamson
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  • I get the `Error: 29` again when I use the full path. – Daniel Standage Dec 02 '10 at 17:36
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    @Daniel: Three things to try: Add `--local` to your `mysqlimport` command. If that doesn't work, try `chgrp mysql ~/Desktop/gene2accession; chmod g+r ~/Desktop/gene2accession` and try your command again. If that doesn't work, try moving the file from `Desktop` to `/var/lib/mysql` and use `./gene2accession` or `gene2accession` as your last argument. – Dennis Williamson Dec 02 '10 at 18:00
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    Using the `--local` option worked. Thanks! – Daniel Standage Dec 02 '10 at 18:12