title: Difference between `brew services start mysql` and `mysql.server start`
body: <p>I installed MySQL using homebrew <code>brew install mysql</code>, and I noticed that MySQL can be managed with two different methods:</p>
  
  <p><code>brew services start mysql</code>  <br>
  and <br>
  <code>mysql.server start</code></p>
  
  <p>Is there any difference when starting the service using brew services vs starting it with the normal mysql.server method? Or are they basically the same thing, just a different alias?</p>
  
  <p>It appears they both use the same executable: <code>/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.7.17/bin/mysqld</code></p>
  
  <p>Thank you for the help!</p>