lmborrow(1)

NAME
     lmborrow - borrow a license

SYNOPSIS
     lmborrow [ -c license_file_list ] [ -v ] [ -verbose ] ...
     lmborrow { vendor | all } enddate [ time ]
     lmborrow [ -clear|-status ]

DESCRIPTION
     lmborrow supports borrowing of licenses with the BORROW attribute and
     must be run on the machine where licenses will or have been borrowed. It
     sets LM_BORROW in either the registry (Windows) or in $HOME/.flexlmrc
     (UNIX).


     To initiate borrowing, the user can run lmborrow from the command line or
     through lmtools:

          lmborrow {vendor | all} enddate [time]

     where:

     vendor    The vendor daemon name that serves the licenses to be borrowed,
               or all specifies all vendor daemons in that license server.

     enddate [time]
               Date the license is to be returned in dd-mmm-yyyy format. time
               is optional and is specified in 24-hour format (hh:mm) in the
               client's local time. If time is unspecified, the checkout lasts
               until the end of the given end date.

     For example:

          lmborrow xyzd 20-aug-2001 13:00

     To borrow licenses for the desired vendor, on the same day and the same
     machine that the user runs lmborrow, run the application(s) to check out
     the license(s). If you run the application(s) more than once that day, no
     duplicate licenses are borrowed. No licenses are borrowed if the
     application is run on a day different than the date borrowing was to be
     initiated.

     To print information about features borrowed on a machine:

          lmborrow -status

     This is useful for finding out which features have been borrowed while
     the machine is disconnected from the network.

     To clear the LM_BORROW setting in the registry or $HOME/.flexlmrc:
          lmborrow -clear

     Clearing the LM_BORROW setting will prevent any more licenses from being
     borrowed.  A user might do this after he has borrowed licenses for
     features that will be used offline if (before disconnecting from the
     network) he wants to run an application that checks out additional
     features served by vendor that should not be borrowed. Clearing LM_BORROW
     does not clear borrowing information for already-borrowed licenses.

OPTIONS
     -v        Prints the FlexLM version of the utility.

     -verbose  Prints longer description for all errors found. The output from
               the utilities may be harder to read with this option, but is
               useful for diagnostics. (v6.0+ only)

     -c license_file_list
               Use the specified license_file(s).  If this switch is not
               specified, lmborrow looks for the environment variable
               LM_LICENSE_FILE.  If that environment variable is not set,
               lmborrow looks for the file
               /usr/local/flexlm/licenses/license.dat.

NOTES
     IRIX systems typically install licenses in /var/flexlm/license.dat, not
     in /usr/local/flexlm/licenses/license.dat.

SEE ALSO
     lmutil(1)