Database Integrity Utilities

ctvfyfil - File Verify Utility

The ctvfyfil utility calls the ctVerifyFile() function. (See function for details.) The utility can be run in standalone and in client/server mode.

Usage

ctvfyfil [<option> ...] <file name>

where <option> is one or more of the following:

• <page size> - Use the specified page size
• -chkdat - Read data file only (default)
• -chkdatkeys - Read data file and check keys in index
• -chkdeletedspace - Check deleted space
• -chkidx - Read index file
• -chkidxrec - Read index file and check records in data file
• -chkidxint - Additional index checks
• -excl - Open the file in exclusive mode¹
• -int - Interactive mode: stop on each error
• -index=<N> - Check only the Nth index (N=1,2,...)
• -local - causes the utility to use a standalone (local side) connection instead of a client connection when linked with a LOCLIB library.

¹Exclusive mode prevents other users from accessing the file. This is only necessary when a server is being used. If you get an error from ctvfyfil referring to a locking issue (or stating that exclusive mode is needed), re-run ctvfyfil with -excl enabled.

The example below shows the utility run on a file called mark.dat with the page size set to 8192:

ctvfyfil -8192 mark.dat