Examples: Maintaining Collections - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61 - CONFIGURING AND ADMINISTERING COLDFUSION MX Manual

Option
-persist
-sleeptime sec
-optimize spec
-noexit

Examples: maintaining collections

The following examples show the commands for maintaining a collection.
Repairing a collection
The following command automatically repairs a collection, or enables it after manual repairs:
mkvdk -repair -collection path
Backing up a collection
The following command backs up a collection to the specified directory:
mkvdk -backup path_1 -collection path_2
Deleting a collection
To delete a collection, use the appropriate command for your operating system. For example, to
remove the collection directory structure and control files on a UNIX system, use the following
command:
rm -r -collection_path
Purging a collection
The following command deletes all documents from a collection, but does not delete the
collection itself:
mkvdk -purge -collection path
Purging a collection in the background
The following command purges the specified collection in the background:
mkvdk -purge -purgeback -collection path
Specifying persistent service
The following command runs the mkvdk command as a persistent process, so that servicing is
performed repeatedly after num idle seconds:
mkvdk -persist -sleeptime num -collection path
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Description
Services the collection repeatedly, at default intervals of 30 seconds. Use the
option to set a different interval.
-sleeptime
Specifies the interval between service calls when the mkvdk utility is run with the
option.
-persist
Performs various optimizations on the collection, depending on the value of
spec. The specifier, spec, is a string consisting of keywords separated by
hyphens, such as maxmerge-squeeze-readonly. For valid keywords, see
"Optimization keywords" on page
Windows only. Causes the I/O window to remain after the program is finished. By
default, the window closes and the program exits, so that scripts calling the
mkvdk utility do not hang.
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