Forge brick

A Forge brick launches the Forge (Data Foundry) software, which transforms source data into tagged Endeca records.

Forge brick settings

Setting	Description
`pipeline`	Pathname of the `Pipeline.epx` file to pass to Forge, relative to the `working_dir`.
`dtd_dir`	Location where the DTD for the `Pipeline.epx` file resides. The default directory on Windows is %ENDECA_ROOT%\conf\dtd. The UNIX default is /$ENDECA_ROOT/conf/dtd.
`forge_binary`	Path to the Forge (Data Foundry) program. Note: You can use this setting to override the `endeca_bin` default setting.
`forge_options`	Command-line flags to pass to Forge.
`stdout`	Where to redirect `stdout` for the brick. By default, `stdout` is sent to the screen. Specifying a value for `stdout` overrides the `stdout_base` setting.
`stderr`	Where to redirect `stderr` for the brick. By default, `stderr` is sent to the screen. Specifying a value for `stderr` overrides the `stderr_base` setting.

The following is a Windows example of a Forge brick called wine_forge:

wine_forge : Forge
	forge_binary = $(endeca_root)\bin\forge.exe
	pipeline = Pipeline.epx
	forge_options = -n10000 -vw