User Guide

Networking Options 161
On Windows NT, you should include double quotes around the argument to protect
the special character ( * ). On UNIX, you should use single quotes. Note that this is
only required when you run the indexing job from a command line. Quotes are not
necessary within a command file (-cmdfile).
Note
You must have valid Verity Spider licensing capability to use this option.
-proxy
Syntax: -proxy proxyhost:port
Typ e: Web crawling only.
Specifies host and port for proxy server.
Note You must have valid Verity Spider licensing capability to use this option.
See also -proxyauth for proxy servers that require authentication, and -noproxy for
hosts which you know are accessible without having to go through a proxy server.
-proxyauth
Syntax: -proxyauth login:password
Typ e: Web crawling only.
Specifies login information for proxy server connections that require authorization
to get outside the firewall. Used in conjunction with -proxy.
Note
You must have valid Verity Spider licensing capability to use this option. Information
Server V3.7 does not support retrieving documents for viewing through secure proxy
servers. Do not use -proxyauth for indexing documents which are to be viewed
through Information Server V3.7
-retry
Syntax: -retry num_retries
Typ e: Web crawling only.
Specifies the number of times the Verity Spider should attempt to access an URL. You
should use -retry when it is likely that an unstable network connection will give
false rejections.
The default value is 4.
-timeout
Syntax: -timeout num_seconds
Typ e: Web crawling only.