Typo in the CLOSE command help

[El_Pablo]

Hi,

There is a typo in the close command help. It's written "-f" to force files to close without prompting, but it should be written "-y".

The typo is also present in the PDF file fms11_help. By chance the examples was written with the right flag!

No wonder why my server seemed to hang with my batch file!

[Wim Decorte]

Don't have the documentation here with me but off the top of my head you need both flags for what you have in mind.

-f without the -y will force but still prompt you

-y without the -f will not prompt you but will still wait up to 2 minutes for the clients to disconnect before forcing

[El_Pablo]

In my case, the server sends a message to the clients that the files will close in 30 minutes.

fmsadmin close -m "The daily backup has ended.  The databases will close in 30 minutes." -y -t 1800 -u xyz -p 123

[Steven H. Blackwell]

This is not an error in the Server Help.

The "-y" or "--yes" flag automatically answers yes to any prompts. This is documented on page 167 of the current Server Help PDF file (http://www.filemaker.com/support/product/docs/fms/fms11_help.pdf).

The "-f" or "--force" flag forces the named database or all databases to be closed.

Steven

[El_Pablo]

Thanks Steven to pointing this out. I went directly to the close function. That's why I haven't seen the options.

Although when executing "fmsadmin help close" all the options are not shown.