Craig> I was thinking that I could put in kind of a
  Craig> ~/.fetchmailrc file for mysql so that I don't
  Craig> have to pass user/password stuff on command
  Craig> line or in scripts for commands like to
  Craig> mysqldump

It's called ~/.my.cnf

Fill it with stuff like this:

$ cat .my.cnf
[mysql]
user=grok
password=foo
[mysqldump]
user=glorp
password=gronk
[mysqladmin]
user=root
password=zonk

See also the file /etc/my.cnf

-- 
Lynn David Newton
Phoenix, AZ
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