User Guide

176 Chapter 8 Verity Spider
Locale Options
-charmap
Syntax: -charmap name
Specifies the character map to use. Valid values are 8859 or 850. The default value is
8859.
-common
Specifies path to the Verity home directory, verity/prdname/common, where verity/
prdname is the user-definable portion of the installation directory.
Note
This option is typically not needed, as long as the PATH environment variable is set
correctly.
-datefmt
Syntax: -datefmt format
Specifies the Verity import date format to use. Valid values are MDY, DMY, YMD, USA
and EUR. The default value is MDY.
-language
Syntax: -language name
Specifies the Verity locale to use in indexing. This option is being replaced by the
semantically consistent -locale, and is still supported for backwards compatibility.
-locale
Syntax: -locale name
Specifies the Verity locale to use in indexing, such as German (deutsch) or French
(francais). The default is English (english). This option is identical to
-language.
-msgdb
Syntax: -msgdb path
Specifies the path to the ind.msg message database file.
If the Verity Spider was installed properly, this option should be unnecessary. By
default, the ind.msg message database is read from:
verity/prdname/platform/admin