PS D:\work\server\xxx> .\client\Debug\mysql -uroot --protocol=pipe

Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.

Your MariaDB connection id is 4

Server version: 10.2.2-MariaDB-debug Source distribution

Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> show variables like 'character_sets_dir';

+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------+

| Variable_name      | Value                                                |

+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------+

| character_sets_dir | D:\work\10.2-wlad-batch-mode\xxx\sql\share\charsets\ |

+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------+

1 row in set (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> quit

Bye

PS D:\work\server\xxx> .\client\Debug\mysql -uroot --protocol=pipe

Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.

Your MariaDB connection id is 4

Server version: 10.2.2-MariaDB-debug Source distribution

Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> show variables like 'character_sets_dir';

+--------------------+----------------------------------------+

| Variable_name      | Value                                  |

+--------------------+----------------------------------------+

| character_sets_dir | D:\work\server\xxx\sql\share\charsets\ |

+--------------------+----------------------------------------+