1tracker-reset(1) User Commands tracker-reset(1)
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6 tracker-reset - Reset the index and configuration
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10 tracker reset [--hard | --soft] [--config] [--file FILE]
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14 The reset command will change either your configuration or index irre‐
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18 The "index" is a link between your content (either locally or remotely)
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20 Under the hood, this is done using a database.
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22 Removing all data and starting again from the beginning with an empty
23 data set (which is a common use of this command) is done by using the
24 hard reset option. This behaves as if Tracker was just installed.
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29 This kills all processes in the same way that tracker daemon
30 --kill does but it also removes all databases. Restarting
31 tracker-store re-creates the databases.
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34 A soft reset works exactly the same way that --hard does, with
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38 journal to restore it to the last known good place.
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40 -c, --config
41 Resets all configuration to its defaults.
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44 Resets all indexed information about FILE, works recursively for
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