User Guide

120 Chapter 9: Indexing Collections with Verity Spider

-include

Specifies that only those files, paths, and URLs that match the specified expression or expressions

will be followed. If you use backslashes, you must double them so that they are properly escaped;

for example:

C:\\test\\docs\\path

You can use wildcard expressions, where the asterisk (*) is for text strings and the question mark

(?) is for single characters; for example:

'/my_doc*/year199?'

In Windows, include double-quotation marks around the argument to protect the special

characters, such as the asterisk (*). On UNIX, use single-quotation marks. This is only required

when you run the indexing job from a command line. Quotation marks are not necessary within

a command file (the

-cmdfile option).

To use regular expressions, also specify the

-regexp option.

If your starting points do not contain the specified

-include expressions, nothing will be

indexed. The

-include option prevents Verity Spider from even following anything that does not

match the specified expressions. You might want to use the

-indinclude option instead. Where

the

-include option prevents Verity Spider from even following anything that does not match

the specified expressions, the

-indinclude option allows Verity Spider to follow what matches

the specified expressions, while not indexing.

For document types, use the

-mimeinclude option instead; for example, specify -mimeinclude

text/html

rather than -include *.htm.

Note: When specifying a URL, you must use full, absolute paths using the same format that appears

in the HTML hyperlink. If the link is relative, you must change it to absolute to use it with the

-include

option.