Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
Startup Command and Parameter Reference

Parameter file format

The following is a sample parameter file:

new_york.pf

-db /usr/disk0/newyork # new york central db -B 200 # database buffers -H nysystem -S nyserver # host, service -L 10000 # lock table entries # All other parameters receive their default values.

The format of the parameter file is the same for all operating systems. Follow these rules when creating a parameter file:

Place a parameter and its argument on the same line.
Use a maximum of 40 tokens per line in a parameter file.
Specify parameters with the UNIX syntax.
Use a pound sign (#) to begin a comment. OpenEdge ignores the rest of the line.
Enclose a value in single (’) or double (“) quotes. Any white space inside the quotes is treated as part of the token.
Any parameter not named in a parameter file receives a default value. To remind yourself of the default values, consider specifying all parameters and their values in the parameter file and adding the comment “# default” to those values that do not change.
Use a tilde (~) to suppress the special meaning of the single (’) or double (“) quotes or tilde (~). A tilde also prefixes the control characters listed in Table 1–1 that OpenEdge can recognize in a parameter file.

Table 1–1: Control characters in parameter files  

Character	Description	Octal code
~nnn	The character having octal code nnn	–
~b	BS character	~010
~t	HT (horizontal tab) character	~011
~n	LF (line feed) character	~012
~r	VT (carriage return) character	~013
~f	FF (form feed) character	~014
~E	ESC character	~033

On UNIX, use the backslash (\) in place of a tilde.