Core options

The following sections describe the Verity Spider core options.

-cmdfile

Syntax: -cmdfile path_and_filename

Specifies that Verity Spider reads command-line syntax from a file, in addition to the options passed in the command-line. This option includes the pathname to the file that contains the command-line syntax. The -cmdfile option circumvents command-line length limits.

The syntax for the command-file is:

option optional_parameters

For better readability, put each option and any parameters on a single line. Verity Spider can properly parse the lines.

Note: Macromedia strongly recommends that you take advantage of the abstraction offered by this option. This can greatly reduce user error in erroneously including or omitting options in subsequent indexing jobs.

-collection

Specifies the full path to the collection to create or update.

Note: You receive an error if you specify a filename with an extension of CLM. Meta collections are not supported.

-help

Displays Verity Spider syntax options.

-jobpath

Syntax: -jobpath path

Specifies the location of the Verity Spider databases and the indexing job-related files and directories.

The following are the job-related directories and their contents:

log All Verity Spider log files. For descriptions of the log files, see -loglevel.
bif Bulk insert files.
temp Web pages cached for indexing. You can also specify the temp directory using the -temp option.
admin Files created by the Information Server Admin Tool.

These directories are created for you under the last directory specified in path.

Path values must be unique for all indexing jobs. If you do not use the -jobpath option, Verity Spider creates a /spider/job directory within the collection. For multiple-collection tasks, the first collection specified is used.

Note: You cannot use multiple job paths for multiple simultaneous indexing tasks for the same collection. Only one indexing task at a time can run for a given collection.

-style

Syntax: -style path

Specifies the path to the style files to use when creating a new collection.

If the -style option is not specified, Verity Spider uses the default style files in cf_root/lib/common/style.

Note: You can safely omit the -style option when resubmitting an indexing job, as the style information will already be part of the collection. If you are using the -cmdfile option, you can leave it there.