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Configuration : Starting and Running OpenEdge : Starting OpenEdge on UNIX platforms : Startup and shutdown commands
 
Startup and shutdown commands
Startup commands start an OpenEdge session and connect you to a database. The following tables summarize the startup commands for each operating system and their functions. For detailed information on these commands and their parameters, see the descriptions of the commands following the tables. The following table describes each of the command components.
Table 61. OpenEdge command components
Component
Description
command
On UNIX, the command runs a script that executes an OpenEdge executable with appropriate parameters
db-name
Name of the database you want to connect to
parameter, qualifier
Operating criteria for the command
value
Numeric value or file specification for the parameter
The following table summarizes the tasks you can perform and the related startup and shutdown commands to use on UNIX systems.
Table 62. UNIX startup and shutdown commands
Task
Command
Start a UNIX character Procedure Editor and connect to a single-user database
pro db-name
Start a UNIX character Procedure Editor and connect to a multi-user database
mpro db-name
Start a UNIX character client session in batch mode and connect to a single-user database
bpro db-name -p procedure-name
Start a UNIX OpenEdge character client session in batch mode and connect to a multi-user database
mbpro db-name -p procedure-name
Start an OpenEdge server-group
proserve -servergroup server-group-name
Start a server or broker for a multi-user OpenEdge database
proserve db-name -S service-name -H host-name -N network-type
Shut down a multi-user server or broker for an OpenEdge database
proshut db-name
Start a remote OpenEdge DataServer broker
probrkr -S service-name -H host-name -N network-type
Start an asynchronous page writer (APW) for a database>1
proapw db-name
Start a before-image writer (BIW)2
probiw db-name
Start an after-image writer (AIW)3
proaiw db-name
Start the OpenEdge Watchdog utility4
prowdog db-name
Shut down a remote OpenEdge DataServer
proshut db-name -S service-name -H host-name -N network-type
Shut down an APW, AIW, BIW, or Watchdog process5
proshut db-name
Choose option 1 (Disconnect a User) to disconnect the process.
1 Option available only on Enterprise product.

2 Option available only on Enterprise product.

3 Option available only on Enterprise product.

4 Option available only on Enterprise product.

5 Option available only on Enterprise product.