Client startup command syntax

The conventions used in command syntax descriptions are as follows:

command [ db-name ] [ parameter ] [ value ] ...

For example, you can use the following command on Windows to allow a single user to access the sports2020 database and then set values for the database connection and performance parameters:

prowin -db sports2020 -B 30000 -L 1000 -1

The following table describes each command component.

Component Description 
command

On UNIX, the command runs a script that executes an OpenEdge executable with appropriate parameters.

In Windows, some commands run a batch file that executes an OpenEdge executable with appropriate parameters. Other commands run an OpenEdge executable directly.

 
db-name
 Name of the database to which you want to connect. 
parameter
 Operating criteria for the command. 
value
 Value for the parameter.

Observe the following conventions when entering a command:

  • On UNIX, commands are lowercase. In Windows, commands are not case sensitive.
  • On UNIX and Windows, enter parameters exactly as shown in the syntax descriptions.
  • On UNIX, values can be case sensitive; for example, UNIX filenames are case sensitive. In addition, in Windows using the NT File System (NTFS), values can be case sensitive. In Windows using the File Allocation Table (FAT or FAT32) file system, values are not case sensitive.