Special suffixes

Manticore Search supports special suffixes which makes it easier to use numeric values with a special meaning. The common form for them is integer number+literal, like 10k or 100d, but not 40.3s(since 40.3 is not integer), and not 2d 4h (since there are two, not one value). Literals are case-insensitive, so 10W is the same as 10w. There are 2 types of such suffixes currently supported:

• Size suffixes: can be used in settings that define size of something: memory buffer, disk file size, limit of RAM etc. If you don’t specify any suffix the value is considered in bytes by default. The suffixes can be:
  • k for kilobytes (1k=1024)
  • m for megabytes (1m=1024k)
  • g for gigabytes (1g=1024m)
  • t for terabytes (1t=1024g)
• Time suffixes: can be used in settings defining some time interval values: delays, timeouts etc. “Naked” values for those parameters usually have documented scale, e.g. for some settings 100 means 100 seconds, for others - 100 milliseconds. However, instead of guessing you can just use an explicit suffix. Those can be:
  • us for useconds (microseconds)
  • ms for milliseconds
  • s for seconds
  • m for minutes
  • h for hours
  • d for days
  • w for weeks.