1.2 Summary of Collector Parameters

The following is a summary of available Collector parameters.

Table 1-1 Collector Parameters

Parameter	Description
`-B`	Directs the Collector to buffer files.
`-b`	Specifies the default the file buffer size.
`-cp`	Specifies the name of the checkpoint file that Collector maintains for an alias Extract group.
`-d`	Specifies the name of a local definitions file that was generated by the DEFGEN utility.
`-E`	Converts incoming header and data to EBCDIC format from ASCII.
`-e`	Directs Collector to respond to specific formatting error conditions in custom ways.
`-ENCRYPT`	Specifies the type of encryption being passed from the Extract process, as specified with the `RMTHOST` parameter in the Extract parameter file.
`-f`	Forces all file writes to be flushed to disk before returning a success status to the Extract process.
`-g`	Supports files that are larger than 2GB (Solaris only).
`-h`	Specifies the name or IP address of the source system.
`-k`	Directs Collector to terminate when the Extract process that it is serving disconnects.
`-KEYNAME`	Specifies the name of a key that is defined in the local `ENCKEYS` lookup file.
`-l`	Logs output to the specified file.
`-m`	Specifies the Manager port
`-P`	Specifies a local file that contains Collector parameters.
`-p`	Specifies a TCP/IP port number.
`-R`	Replaces invalid numeric ASCII data with an alternate value.
`-x`	Specifies a discard file to store records that could not be processed by Oracle GoldenGate.