User Guide

192 Chapter 9 Managing Verity Collections with the mkvdk Utility
Messaging options
mkvdk provides a variety of messaging options, described in the following table:
Message types
Message types and their corresponding numbers are listed in the table below. To set
the -outlevel or -loglevel option, add up the numbers for the message types you want
to include. For example, to tell mkvdk to display all messages except debug messages,
set -outlevel to 1+2+4+8+16+32=63. The default for both -outlevel and -loglevel is 15,
which selects fatal, error, warning, and status messages (15=1+2+4+8).
optimize Enable opportunistic collection optimization
assist Enable building of word list
housekeep Enable housekeeping of unneeded files
delete Enable document deletion (see Chapter 3)
backup Enable backup
purge Enable background purging
repair Enable collection repair
dataprep Same as search-index-optimize-assist-housekeep
index Same as insert-delete
Keyword Description
Option Description
-quiet This option displays only fatal and error messages to the console. It overrides
the -outlevel setting. For a list of message types, refer to “Message Types.”
-outlevel (num) This option indicates which message types to display to the console. Valid
values are determined by adding numbers together that correspond to the
desired message types. The default value is 15. For more information, refer to
“Message Types.”
-logfile file name This option saves messages in the specified file.
-loglevel (num) This option indicates which message types to route to the optional log file.
Valid values are determined by adding numbers together that correspond to
the desired message types. The default value is 15. For more information,
refer to “Message Types.”
Type Number
Fatal 1
Error 2
Warning 4
Status 8