zeitgeist-daemon(1)

1ZEITGEIST-DAEMON(1)         General Commands Manual        ZEITGEIST-DAEMON(1)
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NAME

6       zeitgeist-daemon - D-Bus interface providing a log of activities
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SYNOPSIS

10       zeitgeist-daemon [OPTION]
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DESCRIPTION

14       zeitgeist-daemon  is daemon providing an activity log. That is, it con‐
15       sists of a central database for events such as file usage, browser his‐
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18       All  this  information is made available to external applications which
19       communicate with zeitgeist-daemon over D-Bus.  Interested  applications
20       can request information, insert new events or delete existing events.
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22       Zeitgeist is also capable of establishing relationships between activi‐
23       ties. Its purpose is enabling an activity-aware desktop  with  adaptive
24       user interfaces.
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26       By default, zeitgeist-daemon will also start the bundled logging appli‐
27       cation zeitgeist-datahub.
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OPTIONS

31       The program follows the usual GNU command  line  syntax,  with  options
32       starting  with  two  dashes  (`--').  A  summary of options is included
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35       --no-datahub
36              Do not start zeitgeist-datahub together with this daemon.
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38       -r, --replace
39              Replace any existing Zeitgeist instance if there is one  already
40              running. If this option isn't used, zeitgeist-daemon will refuse
41              to start if another running instance is found.
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43       --log-level=LOG_LEVEL
44              Specifies how much information should be printed to the standard
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49              Specifies a file to which log output will be appended.
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51       -q, --quit
52              Stop a currently running Zeitgeist instance and exit. This  lets
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56              Shows which version of Zeitgeist is being executed.
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59              Shows a short help message listing all supported options.
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

63       ZEITGEIST_DATA_PATH
64              Overrides  the  directory  where user data files are placed. The
65              default   value   is   that   of   XDG's   data   dir   (usually
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68       ZEITGEIST_DATABASE_PATH
69              This  variable  lets you specify an override for the filename of
70              the   main   database.   The    default    value    is    $ZEIT‐
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73       ZEITGEIST_DATABASE_BACKUP_PATH
74              This variable lets you specify an override for the filename of a
75              possible  database  backup.  The   default   value   is   $ZEIT‐
76              GEIST_DATA_PATH/activity.sqlite.bck.
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78       ZEITGEIST_DISABLED_EXTENSIONS
79              This variable lets you specify comma separated list of extension
80              names which shouldn't be loaded. The names  are  extracted  from
81              type  names of the extensions, so to disable extension with type
82              name ZeitgeistDataSourceRegistry, value of the  variable  should
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SIGNALS

87       SIGHUP: zeitgeist-daemon will shut itself down in a clean way.
88              It  is  recommended  that  system updates of Zeitgeist send this
89              signal to all running instances of zeitgeist-daemon. DBus  acti‐
90              vation  will  make  sure  the  updated software is automatically
91              restarted when needed.
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EXIT CODES

95       0      Zeitgeist terminated normally.
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99       10     There is already a running Zeitgeist instance.
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BUGS

111       Please report any bugs on https://bugs.launchpad.net/zeitgeist.
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AUTHORS

115       Please see the AUTHORS file bundled with this application  for  a  com‐
116       plete list of contributors.
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LICENSE

120       This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
121       under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License  as  published
122       by  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or
123       (at your option) any later version.
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125       This program is distributed in the hope that it  will  be  useful,  but
126       WITHOUT  ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of MER‐
127       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the  GNU  Lesser
128       General Public License for more details.
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130       You  should  have  received  a  copy  of  the GNU Lesser General Public
131       License    along    with     this     program.      If     not,     see
132       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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