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

Parameter File (-pf)

Use Parameter File (-pf) to name a parameter file that includes any number of startup parameters to run OpenEdge.

Operating system and syntax	UNIX Windows	-pf filename
Use with	Maximum value	Minimum value	Single-user default	Multi-user default
Client Connection, Client Session, Database Server, DataServer	–	–	–	–

filename

The name of a parameter file that contains startup parameters to run OpenEdge.

This parameter is especially useful if you regularly use the same parameters to start OpenEdge, or if more parameters are specified than can fit on the command line. This parameter can be included within the parameter file itself to reference another parameter file.

Use multiple instances of -pf to name multiple parameter files. This allows you to specify application-specific parameters in one parameter file, database-specific parameters in a second parameter file, and user-specific parameters in yet another file.

See Chapter 1, "Introduction," for more information about parameter files.