tracker-reset(1) User Commands tracker-reset(1)

NAME

tracker-reset - Reset the index and configuration

SYNOPSIS

tracker reset [--hard | --soft] [--config] [--file FILE]

DESCRIPTION

The reset command will change either your configuration or index
irreversibly and should be used with care. Other than tags, actual
data (e.g. files) should not be affected by this command.

The "index" is a link between your content (either locally or
remotely) and how it can be found quickly using a number of different
queries. Under the hood, this is done using a database.

Removing all data and starting again from the beginning with an empty
data set (which is a common use of this command) is done by using the
hard reset option. This behaves as if Tracker was just installed.

OPTIONS

-r, --hard
This kills all processes in the same way that tracker daemon
--kill does but it also removes all databases. Restarting
tracker-store re-creates the databases.

-e, --soft
A soft reset works exactly the same way that --hard does, with
the exception that the backup and journal are not removed.
These are restored when tracker-store is restarted. This
command is useful if you have a corrupt database but want to
reply the journal to restore it to the last known good place.

-c, --config
Resets all configuration to its defaults.

-f, --file FILE
Resets all indexed information about FILE, works recursively
for directories. Nothing will be done if FILE is not currently
indexed. After deletion, a request to reindex this data will
be immediately issued.

SEE ALSO

tracker-daemon(1). tracker(1).

GNU September 2014 tracker-reset(1)