Using the command-line interface

Startup commands start an OpenEdge session and connect you to a database. The following table summarizes the startup and shutdown commands for Windows and its functions. For detailed information on these commands and their parameters, see the descriptions of the commands in OpenEdge Deployment: Startup Command and Parameter Reference and OpenEdge Data Management: Database Administration.

Table 60. Windows startup and shutdown commands
Task	Command
Start a Windows character Procedure Editor and connect to a single-user database	pro db-name
Start a Windows character Procedure Editor and connect to a multi-user database	mpro db-name
Start a Windows character client session in batch mode and connect to a single-user database	bpro db-name -p procedure-name
Start a Windows 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 database¹	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.