---
name: "htmerge"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "htdig"
version: "1:3.2.0b6-21"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/htmerge"
---

# htmerge(1)

create document index and word database for the ht://Dig search engine

## NAME

htmerge - create document index and word database for the ht://Dig
 search engine

## SYNOPSIS

**htmerge**
 *\[options\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*Htmerge*
 is used to create a document index and word database
 from the files that were created by *htdig*. These databases are
 then used by
 *htsearch*
 to perform the actual searched.

## OPTIONS

**-a**
 Use alternate work files. Tells htdig to append
 *.work*
 to database files, causing a second copy of the database to be
 built. This allows the original files to be used by htsearch
 during the indexing run. 
 **-c *configfile***
 Use the specified
 *configfile*
 instead of the default. 
 **-d**
 Prevent the document index from being created. 
 **-s**
 Print statistics about the document and word databases
 after htmerge has finished. 
 **-v**
 Run in verbose mode. This will provide some hints as to the
 progress of the merge. This can be useful when running
 htmerge interactively since some parts (especially the word
 database creation) can take a very long time. 
 **-w**
 Prevent the word database from being created.

## ENVIRONMENT

**TMPDIR**
 In addition to the command line options, the environment
 variable
 *TMPDIR*
 will be used to designate the directory where
 intermediate files are stored during the sorting process.

## FILES

**/etc/htdig/htdig.conf**
 The default configuration file.

## SEE ALSO

Please refer to the HTML pages (in the htdig-doc package)
 **/usr/share/doc/htdig-doc/html/index.html**
 and the manual pages
 *[htdig(1)](/htdig/1.md)*
 and 
 *[htsearch(1)](/htsearch/1.md)*
 for a detailed description of ht://Dig and its commands.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Christian Schwarz, modified
 by Stijn de Bekker, based on the HTML documentation of ht://Dig.