pscontrol

Use the pscontrol command to send a command (automated, manual, stop) to the Publishing Server.

By default, pscontrol sends the command only to the Publishing Server. To monitor that the mode effectively changed to automated or manual, you can use the -u option.

pscontrol syntax

pscontrol [-c ConfigFile] [-h|-?] [-i User/Password[@Host[/Port] [,Host[/Port] [,...]]] [-q] [-l HomeLocation] {-p "Var=Value"} [-t ConnectionInitTimeout] [-u RequestTimeout] [-v] [-z] [-f] (automated | manual | stop)

pscontrol command options

The following table lists the options for the pscontrol command. No command options are required for the pscontrol command.

pscontrol command options

Options	Description
`<common options> -c -h -i -q -l -p -t -u -v -z`	See Common command options for Publishing Server CLIs. The `-u` option default for the `pscontrol` command is 0 seconds.
`-f`	Forces the command to run without prompting the user to verify the execution of the command
`stop`	Stops the Publishing Server Note The `pscontrol stop` command does not stop the Publishing Server service in the Microsoft Windows Services screen. To avoid this problem, use the `pw process end pserver` command.
`automated`	Turns automated publishing on
`manual`	Turns automated publishing off

pscontrol examples

This section contains examples of using the pscontrol command.

The following figure contains an example of the pscontrol stop command, which stops the Publishing Server:

pscontrol stop example

Example

$ pscontrol stop
Copyright 2005-yyyy BMC Software, Inc. as an unpublished work. All rights reserved.
Please confirm control command (stop) (type y (yes) / n (no). Default is n): y
Publishing Server is stopping

The following figure contains an example of the pscontrol automated command, which restarts automated publishing.

pscontrol automated example

Example

pscontrol -f automated
Copyright 2005-yyyy BMC Software, Inc. as an unpublished work. All rights reserved.
Automated publishing is starting

The following figure contains an example of the pscontrol automated command using the -u option.

pscontrol automated -u example

Example

pscontrol -f -u 300 automated
Copyright 2005-yyyy BMC Software, Inc. as an unpublished work. All rights reserved.
Automated publishing is starting
Automated publishing is started

The following figure contains an example of the pscontrol manual command, which stops automated publishing.

pscontrol manual example

Example

pscontrol manual
Copyright 2005-yyyy BMC Software, Inc. as an unpublished work. All rights reserved.
Please confirm control command (manual) (type y (yes) / n (no). Default is n): y
Automated publishing is stopping

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pscontrol syntax

pscontrol command options

pscontrol examples

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