Auto-populate socket value in rails database.yml using TextMate snippet (See related posts)

When using mysql for rails apps, you may need a

socket:

value. I can never remember mine. So I added a TextMate snippet to find it. (read below for non-TextMate)

Snippet text:

socket: `mysql_config --socket`

Activation:

socket:

Scope selector:

source.yaml - string

<h3>Usage:</h2>

In your database.yml, go to the line

socket: 

, delete any blank spaces til the cursor is at the colon, then press TAB and wait. The line will be updated with the socket location.


<h3>Non-TextMate</h3>

If you don't have textmate, you can get your socket location using:

mysql_config --socket

And paste the result into your database.yml