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NAME
tracker3-daemon - Start, stop, restart and list daemons responsible for
indexing content
SYNOPSIS
tracker3 daemon [options...]
tracker3 daemon -s | -t [daemons] | -k [daemons] | -l
tracker3 daemon -f | -w [ontology]
tracker3 daemon --miner <miner> --pause[-for-process] <reason>
tracker3 daemon --miner <miner> --resume <cookie>
DESCRIPTION
Tracker indexes content with daemon processes that run in the
background. The tracker3 daemon command allows for control of these
components. This ranges from starting, stopping and killing processes
to pausing and resuming them.
In addition to all this, there are ways to follow or watch what is
happening in real time from a top level and right down where the SPARQL
commits are happening too.
If no arguments are provided this command will show the current status
of all Tracker data miners.
The data miners can be paused or resumed using this command and you can
also list miners running and available.
OPTIONS
-p, --list-processes
This lists all Tracker processes in the system.
*-k, --kill
This uses SIGKILL to stop all Tracker processes found matching the
parameter, if no extra parameter is passed, "all" will be assumed.
This is not advised unless you are having problems stopping Tracker
in the first place. This GUARANTEES death.
*-t, --terminate=
This uses SIGTERM to stop all Tracker processes. This is
recommended over --kill because it gives the processes time to
shutdown cleanly.
-s, --start
Starts all miners.
-f, --follow
Follow status changes to daemons as they happen. This is a top
level view of what is happening. You will see the name for each
daemon and a state with the progress in that state.
This requires Ctrl+C to stop and return to the command line. Each new
status is put on a new line.
-w, --watch=[ontology]
Watch changes that happen to the database in real time. This
requires Ctrl+C to stop and return to the command line.
If ontology is unspecified, all updates are shown. The ontology can be
a comma separated list of shorthand or long hand ontology properties.
For example:
$ tracker3 daemon -w nie:url,nie:mimeType,nfo:fileSize,nie:dataSource
Now listening for resource updates to the database
All nie:plainTextContent properties are omitted
Press Ctrl+C to stop
'nfo:Document'
'nfo:fileSize' = '1770'
'nie:dataSource' = 'http://tracker.api.gnome.org/ontology/v3/tracker#extractor-data-source'
'nie:mimeType' = 'text/plain'
'nie:url' = 'file:///home/martyn/.bash_aliases'
'nfo:Document'
'nie:dataSource' = 'http://tracker.api.gnome.org/ontology/v3/tracker#extractor-data-source'
...
--list-common-statuses
This will list statuses most commonly produced by miners and the
store. These statuses are not translated when sent over D-Bus and
should be translated by each application. These are not considered
static and are subject to change at any point.
Additionally, these statuses are not the only ones which may be
reported by a miner. There may be other states pertaining to the
specific roles of the miner in question.
--list-miners-running
This will list all miners which have responded to a D-Bus call.
Sometimes it is helpful to use this command with
--list-miners-available.
--list-miners-available
This will list all miners which are available even if they are not
running at the moment.
--pause-details
For listing all miners which are paused and the reasons for being
paused, you can use this. It will also display the application that
requested the pause too.
--miner=<miner>
This argument is used with --pause or --resume to say which miner
you want to pause or resume. You can use the full D-Bus name, e.g.
"org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files" OR you can use the suffix,
e.g. "Files".
--pause=<reason>
The reason here is useful to know WHY the miner should be paused. A
miner can be paused many times by multiple applications. Only when
all pauses have been resumed will it continue. If successful, a
cookie will be given to uniquely identify the request. This cookie
is used to resume the pause at a later stage.
--pause-for-process=<reason>
This works exactly the same way as --pause with the exception that
it only keeps the pause active while the calling process is alive.
As soon as you press Ctrl+C the pause is resumed automatically.
--resume=<cookie>
The cookie is given by a successful --pause command. It is a number
which identifies each pause request. When all pauses have been
resumed, the miner will resume working.
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