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The mkvdk utility is a command-line utility installed with ColdFusion MX. You can use it to
perform maintenance operations on Verity collections.
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About the Verity mkvdk utility
The mkvdk utility is an indexing application, provided with other Verity utilities, that you can
use to create and maintain collections. It is a command-line utility that you can use within other
applications or shell scripts to provide more sophisticated scheduling and other capabilities.
The mkvdk.exe file, which starts the mkvdk utility, is located in the cf_root\lib\_nti40\bin
directory in Windows, and in the cf_root/lib/platform/bin directory on UNIX.
In these pathnames, cf_root refers to the ColdFusion MX root directory. In Windows, this is
typically C:\CFusionMX; on UNIX, this is typically /opt/coldfusionmx. On UNIX, platform
refers to the UNIX version of the server that runs ColdFusion: _solaris, _hpux11, or _ilnx21.

The mkvdk utility syntax

The following is the basic syntax of the mkvdk command:
mkvdk -collection path [option] [dockey]
Multiple options and dockeys can be included, as needed. If dockey is a list of files, it should
consist of an at sign (@) followed by the filename that contains a simple list of files (for example,
@filelist). For more information about the options for the mkvdk utility, see
with the Verity mkvdk utility" on page
The following operations occur when you use the mkvdk utility to create a new collection:
New collection directories are created and the specified style files are copied to the style
1
subdirectory.
The style file settings are read and the required information is passed to the Verity search engine.
2
The gateway is used to open the document files, which are parsed according to the settings in
3
various style files.
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