Parameter File (-pf)

Operating system and syntax UNIX / Windows 
-pf filename
Use with Maximum value Minimum value Single-user default Multi-user default
CC, CS, DBS, DS – – – –
filename
The name of the parameter file containing OpenEdge database startup parameters. You can create a parameter file using database tools or a text editor, or you can generate a parameter file with the current runtime configuration. A generated file can be used as input without editing. See Generate parameter files.

Use Parameter File (-pf) to name a parameter file that includes any number of startup parameters to run an OpenEdge database. This parameter is especially useful if you regularly use the same parameters to start your database, 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.