The btree(s) is/are always checked - control the output verbosity with:¶

F = attempt to fix a broken database (implemented for chert currently) t = short tree printing f = full tree printing b = show free blocks v = show stats about B-tree (default) + = same as tbv e.g. xapian-check /var/lib/xapian/data/default

xapian-check /var/lib/xapian/data/default/postlist fbv