User Guide

Getting started with the Verity mkvdk utility 95
Bulk inserting or deleting
The following command specifies bulk insertion of a list of documents:
mkvdk -collection coll -bulk -insert filespec
Where filespec is the list of files to insert. Since insert is the default, the following command is
equivalent to the preceding command:
mkvdk -collection coll -bulk filespec
The following command specifies bulk deletion of a list of documents:
mkvdk -collection coll -bulk -delete filespec
Where 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
The Verity engine supports many import date formats, including many textual date formats, and
the numeric date formats listed in the following table:
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 format)
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 Enables search and retrieval
insert Enables adding and updating documents
optimize Enables opportunistic collection optimization
assist Enables building of word list
housekeep Enables housekeeping of unneeded files
delete Enables document deletion
backup Enables backup
purge Enables background purging
repair Enables collection repair
dataprep Same as search-index-optimize-assist-housekeep
index Same as insert-delete