Progress
Installation and Configuration Guide
Version 9
for UNIX


Startup and Shutdown Commands

Startup commands start a Progress session and connect you to a database. The following tables summarize the startup commands for each operating system and their functions. For detailed information on these commands and their parameters, see the descriptions of the commands later in this chapter.

Table 10–1 describes each of the command components.

Table 10–1: Progress Command Components 
Component
Description
command
On UNIX, the command runs a script that executes a Progress executable with appropriate parameters.
db-name
Name of the database you want to connect to.
parameter, qualifier
Operating criteria for the command.
value
Numeric value or file specification for the parameter.

Table 10–2 summarizes the tasks you can perform and the related startup and shutdown commands to use on UNIX systems.

Table 10–2: UNIX Startup and Shutdown Commands
Task
Command
Start a UNIX character Progress Procedure Editor and connect to a single-user database.
pro db-name 
Start a UNIX character Progress Procedure Editor and connect to a multi-user database.
mpro db-name 
Start a UNIX Progress character client session in batch mode and connect to a single-user database.
bpro db-name 
-p procedure-name 
Start a UNIX Progress character client session in batch mode and connect to a multi-user database.
mbpro db-name 
-p procedure-name 
Start a Progress server-group.
proserve
 -servergroup server-group-name 
Start a server or broker for a multi-user Progress database.
proserve db-name 
-S service-name 
-H host-name 
-N network-type 
Shut down a multi-user server or broker for a Progress database.
proshut db-name 
Start a remote Progress DataServer broker.
probrkr -S service-name 
-H host-name 
-N network-type 
Start an asynchronous page writer (APW) for a database1.
proapw db-name 
Start a before-image writer (BIW)1.
probiw db-name 
Start an after-image writer (AIW)1.
proaiw db-name 
Start the Progress Watchdog utility1.
prowdog db-name 
Shut down a remote Progress DataServer.
proshut db-name 
-S service-name
-H host-name 
-N network-type 
Shut down an APW, AIW, BIW, or Watchdog process.1
proshut db-name

Choose option 1 (Disconnect a User) 
to disconnect the process. 

  1. Option available only on Enterprise product.

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