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Chapter 53
sqlf Launcher Commands
Use the sqlf command-line utility to launch SQLFire utilities.
Syntax on page 365
Description on page 366
Syntax
To display a full list of sqlf commands and options:
sqlf --help
The command form to display a particular utility's usage is:
sqlf <utility> --help
With no arguments, sqlf starts an sqlf Interactive Commands:
sqlf
To specify a system property for an interactive sqlf session, you must dene the JAVA_ARGS environment variable
before starting sqlf. For example, sqlf uses the sqlf.history system property to dene the le that stores a
list of the commands that are executed during an interactive session. To change this property, you would dene it as
part of the JAVA_ARGS variable:
$ export JAVA_ARGS="-Dsqlf.history=/Users/yozie/sqlf-history.sql"
$ sqlf
To launch and exit a sqlf utility (rather than start an interactive sqlf shell) use the syntax:
sqlf <utility> <arguments for specified utility>
In this command form, <utility> is one of the following.
DescriptionUtility name
Starts and stops a SQLFire Server member, and provides status of a
running one.
server
Starts and stops a SQLFire Locator member, and provides status of a
running one.
locator
Starts and stops a GemFire JMX Agent, and provides status of a running
one.
agent
Prints SQLFire product version information.
version
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