---
name: "jhindexer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "javahelp2"
version: "2.0.05.ds1-10"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jhindexer"
---

# jhindexer(1)

JavaHelp command line utility

## NAME

jhindexer - JavaHelp command line utility

## SYNOPSIS

```
jhindexer [ options ] [ file | folder ]
```

## PARAMETERS

- options

  Command-line options.

- file

  JavaHelp system content file. If the argument is a folder, the folder is searched recursively for JavaHelp system content files.

## DESCRIPTION

**jhindexer** creates a full-text search database used by the JavaHelp system full-text search engine to locate matches. You can use the jhsearch command to verify the validity of the database.

## OPTIONS

- \-c file

  A configuration file name.

- \-db dir

  The name of the database output folder. By default the output folder is named JavaHelpSearch and is created in the current folder.

- \-locale lang\_country\_variant

  The name of the locale as described in java.util.Locale.For example: en\_US (English, United States) or en\_US\_WIN (English, United States, Windows variant).

- \-logfile file

  Captures jhindexer messages in a specified file. You can use this option to preserve jhindexer output on Win32 machines where the console window is dismissed after execution terminates.

- \-nostop words

  Causes stop words to be indexed in the full-text search database.

- \-verbose

  Displays verbose messages while processing.

## SEE ALSO

**jhsearch** (1)