User Guide

Getting Started with the Verity mkvdk Utility 191
The following command performs servicing only. Use this command if you only want
to index submitted documents and service the collection.
mkvdk -collection path
Deleting documents from a collection
The following command deletes documents from a collection.
mkvdk -delete -collection path filespec
Bulk inserting or deleting
The following command specifies bulk insertion of a list of documents:
mkvdk -collection coll -bulk -insert filespec
filespec is the list of files to insert. Since insert is the default, the following command
is equivalent to the preceding:
mkvdk -collection coll -bulk filespec
The following command specifies bulk deletion of a list of documents:
mkvdk -collection coll -bulk -delete filespec
filespec is the list of files to delete. It can be the same file used to insert documents;
the only difference is that -delete is specified instead of -insert (or no specification).
Date format options
Many import date formats are supported by the Verity engine. In addition to numeric
dates in XX-YY-ZZ format listed below, many textual date formats are supported. For
more information, see Appendix A
Service level keywords
The following table describes the valid keywords for the -servlev keyword:
Format Variable Description
MDY Dates written as month-day-year (US format, the default)
DMY Dates written as day-month-year (European formats)
YMD Dates written as year-month-day (ISO international format)
YDM Dates written as year-day-month (Swedish format)
USA Dates written in US format (the same as MDY)
EUR Dates written in European format (the same as DMY)
Keyword Description
search Enable search and retrieval
insert Enable adding and updating documents