nohup apistart BTW, apistart should start only AIM*API not this historian itself. Regards, Alex Johnson Invensys Process Systems Invensys Systems, Inc. 10707 Haddington Houston, TX 77043 713.722.2859 (voice) 713.722.2700 (switchboard) 713.932.0222 (fax) ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of POMUSH MARK Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:34 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] Starting an AIM Historian Instance through VT100 When starting AIM Historian from a VT100 environment try the following. Go to /opt/aim/bin and run the following apistart nohup nohup tells the program not to hang up when the VT100 window is closed. Without it the apisvr.tcp process will shut down when the window is closed. I had this problem a few years ago and this is what I had in my notes. Hope it helps Mark W. Pomush OMNOVA Solutions, Inc. Green Bay, WI --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave