The batch search client

relate

will need to read the input file in binary mode (

-b

switch). Make sure that the input file contains fixed length records matching the input view length (

-i

switch).

The output is written in binary mode when

-b

is specified with fixed length records of IDT record length, plus any header information. The

-o

switch determines the exact layout.

You may wish to add newlines to the output by specifying

-t

. This will make the output easier to view in a text editor, but it is only useful if the binary data does not contain any newline characters; otherwise output lines will be split.

The search trace facility is enabled with the

--3

switch. It automatically detects non-printable characters when processing the Search and File records and will log them in hexadecimal format when necessary.

Search records should use UTF-16 for W columns. If they use UTF-8, specify the

-e

switch to inform the Search Server of the encoding used for the input fields.