Hi. Perhaps try using 'php -f spider.php [option] > phpdiglog.txt &' from the admin directory and then 'tail -f phpdiglog.txt' from the admin directory for output.
As for what to set in the config file, that is up to you, but below is an example of search depth, assuming a simple five-page site with the following link structure:
Code:
pageA.html
-- pageA1.html
-- pageA11.html
-- pageA2.html
-- pageA21.html
- Search Depth Zero: pageA.html indexed
- Search Depth One: pageA.html, pageA1.html, pageA2.html indexed
- Search Depth Two: pageA.html, pageA1.html, pageA2.html, pageA11.html, pageA21.html indexed