--character-sets-dir=/usr/share/mysql/charsetsThe default character sets directory might vary with each installation.
--default-character-set=latin5
Partial mysqld start script which includes above options:
if test -x $bindir/safe_mysqld then # Give extra arguments to mysqld with the my.cnf file. This script may # be overwritten at next upgrade.
t1="--character-sets-dir=/usr/share/mysql/charsets" t2="--default-character-set=latin5" $bindir/safe_mysqld --datadir=$datadir --pid-file=$pid_file $t1 $t2 &
# Make lock for RedHat / SuSE if test -w /var/lock/subsys then touch /var/lock/subsys/mysql fi else echo "Can't execute $bindir/safe_mysqld" fi