Section 1 · User commands

xapian-check.1

Package: xapian-core

XAPIAN-CHECK

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION


NAME

xapian-check − Check the consistency of a database or table

SYNOPSIS

xapian-check DATABASE_DIRECTORY|PATH_TO_BTREE [[F][t][f][b][v][+]]

DESCRIPTION

xapian−check − Check the consistency of a database or table

If a whole database is checked, then additional cross−checks between the tables are performed.

The btree(s) is/are always checked - control the output verbosity with:

F = attempt to fix a broken database (implemented for chert currently) t = short tree printing f = full tree printing b = show free blocks v = show stats about B−tree (default) + = same as tbv e.g. xapian−check /var/lib/xapian/data/default

xapian−check /var/lib/xapian/data/default/postlist fbv