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.\"     Title: gvfsd-metadata
.\"    Author: Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
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.\"      Date: 10/18/2024
.\"    Manual: User Commands
.\"    Source: gvfs
.\"  Language: English
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.SH "NAME"
gvfsd-metadata \- Metadata daemon for gvfs
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBgvfs\-metadata\fR\ 'u
\fBgvfs\-metadata\fR [OPTION...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBgvfsd\-metadata\fR
is a daemon acting as a write serialiser to the internal gvfs metadata storage\&. It is autostarted by GIO clients when they make metadata changes\&. Read operations are done by client\-side GIO code directly, and don\*(Aqt require the daemon to be running\&.
.PP
The gvfs metadata capabilities are used by the nautilus file manager, for example\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Prints a short help text and exits\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Shows the version number and exits\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-replace\fR
.RS 4
Replace the currently running instance\&.
.RE
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
.PP
On success 0 is returned, a non\-zero failure code otherwise\&.
.SH "FILES"
.PP
\fB$XDG_DATA_HOME\fR/gvfs\-metadata
.RS 4
The directory where the gvfs metadata database files are stored
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBgvfs\fR(7),
\fBnautilus\fR(1)