rdmgr Command

The rdmgr utility can add new data as well as replace, modify, or retrieve existing data. All data input and output is done using SOIF, with UTF-8 character encoding for character fields. Note that SOIF also supports binary-valued fields and they can be added or retrieved too.

For more information on rdmgr, see Technical Reference Guide.

In the simplest case, rdmgr can be used to add a file containing multiple SOIF Resource Descriptions (RDs) to the database. This is as simple as creating a SOIF file with the search sdk, or by other means, and adding the data with the command rdmgr soif_input_file. The rdmgr also accepts resource description submit requests as input. Submit requests also use SOIF format and include a request header in addition to the normal body consisting of the SOIF data to be added or retrieved to or from the database.