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

Statistics (-y)

Use Statistics (-y) to collect procedure access and usage statistics throughout the OpenEdge session.

Operating system and syntax	UNIX Windows	-y
Use with	Maximum value	Minimum value	Single-user default	Multi-user default
Client Session	–	–	–	–

At session end, Progress writes these statistics to the default output file client.mon. For detailed information on the output written to the client.mon file, see OpenEdge Data Management: Database Administration .

At startup, the -y parameter sends a report of all the startup parameters to the output file. This report includes all default values, overridden values, and values you set at startup. Unlike the other statistics that the -y parameter collects, this report is not written at session end and is not affected by the SHOW-STATS statement.

Note: The specific statistics displayed might change periodically as new Progress features are implemented.

The edit buffer map statistics are written each time a user exits from Progress or uses the SHOW-STATS statement. These lines list the procedures currently in the edit (or execution) buffer and their r-code sizes.

Note: If you cannot execute SHOW-STATS from the Procedure Editor or cannot add the statement to your Progress code (for example, if while using Run-time Progress), you can specify Statistics with CTRL+C (-yc) instead of the -y parameter. Both parameters behave the same way, except -yc lets you use CTRL+C as a substitute for the SHOW-STATS statement.

The program-access statistics are written to the output file when the session ends or when you use the SHOW-STATS statement. In the output, temp file reads and writes are reads and writes to the SRT file, which stores each user’s session compiles and active r-code files. The Bytes column is a cumulative total. The Stat file checks are recorded because they represent a relatively time-consuming system call. Unless you invoke Quick Request (-q), Progress makes a stat call each time a precompiled subprocedure is called with the RUN statement.

Progress places the default output file (client.mon) in the current working directory; however, you can specify a different output file by using the CLIENTMON environment variable. Simply set CLIENTMON to point to the file you want to use.

For example, in a UNIX environment, if you wanted to use a file named stats in the /usr/tmp directory, enter the following command at the system prompt:

CLIENTMON=/usr/tmp/stats; export CLIENTMON