That fixed the ; problem. I had to add --user=mysql to my S99mysql file. I still have a problem with ...

NOHUP_NICENESS=`nohup nice` if test $? -ne 0 || test x"$NOHUP_NICENESS" = x0 || test ! nice --1 echo foo >
/dev/null 2>&1; then NOHUP_NICENESS="nohup" else NOHUP_NICENESS="nice --$NOHUP_NICENESS nohup" fi

Note: Only root can use a negative value! It gives me the following message...

usage: nice [[-n [-]num] | [-[-]num]] command kill: 12813 no such process

Here is my man page for nice.

nice(C) *******

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Syntax ======

nniiccee [ --nn _i_n_c_r_e_m_e_n_t ] _c_o_m_m_a_n_d [ _a_r_g_u_m_e_n_t ... ]

nniiccee [ --_i_n_c_r_e_m_e_n_t ] _c_o_m_m_a_n_d [ _a_r_g_u_m_e_n_t ... ]

Description ===========

The nniiccee command is used to execute a command at a different scheduling priority than usual. Each process has a _n_i_c_e_ _v_a_l_u_e which is used to calculate its priority. Nice values range from 0 to 39, with higher nice values resulting in lower priorities. By default, when nniiccee is not used, commands have a nice value of 20. nniiccee executes _c_o_m_m_a_n_d with a
nniiccee value equal to 20 plus _i_n_c_r_e_m_e_n_t. If no _i_n_c_r_e_m_e_n_t is specified, a
value of 10 is assumed giving a nice value of 30.

The preferred syntax for invoking nniiccee is to use the --nn option to
specify the _i_n_c_r_e_m_e_n_t. The older form (using -_i_n_c_r_e_m_e_n_t) is obsolete
but still supported. Using the older form of the command, _r_o_o_t can run commands with priority _h_i_g_h_e_r than normal by specifying a negative _i_n_c_r_e_m_e_n_t.
For example, an argument of ----1100 would decrement the default nice value of 20 by 10 to produce a nice value of 10. This nice value will give a process a higher scheduling priority than the default nice value of 20. Using the new form of the syntax, the increment to the nice value would be specified as --nn --1100.

Only _r_o_o_t may specify a negative value for _i_n_c_r_e_m_e_n_t.

You can use the --ll and --oo nniiccee options to the ppss(C) command to
display the nice value of a process.

Exit values ===========

nniiccee returns the exit status of _c_o_m_m_a_n_d. Otherwise, it exits with
one of the following values:

2 a usage error of nniiccee

126 _c_o_m_m_a_n_d was found but could not be invoked

127 _c_o_m_m_a_n_d could not be found

Examples ========

Compress _l_a_r_g_e_._f_i_l_e with a nice value of 24:

nniiccee --nn 44 ccoommpprreessss llaarrggee..ffiillee

Limitations ===========

If the default nice value plus _i_n_c_r_e_m_e_n_t is larger than 39, a nice
value of 39 will be used. If a nice value less than zero is requested, zero will be used.

Note also that this description of nniiccee applies only to programs run under the Bourne Shell. The C-Shell has its own nniiccee command, which is
documented in ccsshh(C).

By default, background jobs run by the Bourne and Korn shells are assigned a nice value four greater than that of the parent shell. The kksshh(C) option ++oo bbggnniiccee disables this behavior, causing background processes to run
with the same nice value as the parent shell.

See also ========

ccsshh(C), kksshh(C), nniiccee(S), nnoohhuupp(C), ppss(C), rreenniiccee(C)

Standards conformance =====================

nniiccee is conformant with:

ISO/IEC DIS 9945-2:1992, Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) - Part 2: Shell and Utilities (IEEE Std 1003.2-1992);

AT&T SVID Issue 2; X/Open CAE Specification, Commands and Utilities, Issue 4, 1992.

_1_ _M_a_y_ _1_9_9_5 See also nice(S) See also nice(TCL)