Re: What does "oninit -v" do?

><edwinb@panix.com> writes >>I accidentally typed "onint -v" while the engine was already up and >>logged in as informix. I received this message in >>$INFORMIDIR/online.log: >> >>21:34:51 shmget: [EEXIST][17]: key 52564801: shared memory already>>exists >>21:34:51 mt_shm_init: can't create resident segment>> >>If it applies, can I undo what this command did? >> >>I am running OnLine 7.22.UC2. This message tells you that the oninit program cannot allocate any shared memory to initialize the instance of OnLine because it already exists. In other words, your instance is already running. If your instance is *not* running then you can get this same message if the shared memory segment still remains from the last time that it did run. You can remove any segments as root using the ipcrm command. (After viewing the used segments with the ipcs command.) The '-v' option, though it existed in previous versions, is supported in the 7.3 release. It is a "verbose" option that will tell you more about what is happening as the engine comes from an "offline" mode to the "online" mode. It is mostly there for Informix Technical Support, but may contain information of interest to DBAs or sysadmins. _____________________________________________________________ Clem Akins (aka clem@informix.com) Informix Software, Inc (Standard disclaimers apply) International Technical Support Last seen: Teaching in Menlo Park, California